The I.R. photoluminescence emission band in ZnO

Measurements of emission spectra, excitation spectra, intensity dependence of the luminescence, decay of the luminescence, and temperature dependence of the luminescence in ZnO are reported. The results for the emission at 1·70 eV, with the exception of the decay of the luminescence, were found to be similar to those of the yellow (2·02 eV) emission band in ZnO. Both bands could be excited at the band edge and directly, the intensity of both bands was found to be linear with excitation strength and the asymptotic regions of the temperature dependence of both bands could be approximated by exponential functions. It is proposed that the luminescent transition is an electron transition from the edge of the conduction band to a hole trapped in the bulk at 1·60 eV above the edge of the valence band, and that the luminescence center is an unassociated acceptor-like center.     

Ca9R(VO4)7 : Eu3+ 发光粉的发光特性

采用高温固相法制备了Eu³⁺离子激活的Ca₉R(VO₄)₇(R = Y, La, Gd)红色发光粉,并利用荧光光谱对发光粉的特性进行研究。激发光谱中,Ca₉Y(VO₄)₇ : Eu³⁺ , Ca₉La(VO₄)₇ : Eu³⁺和Ca₉Gd(VO₄)₇ : Eu³⁺都有两个宽的VO^3-₄激发带和Eu³⁺的特征激发峰。发射光谱中,在Ca₉Y(VO₄)₇ : Eu³⁺ 和Ca₉La(VO₄)₇ : Eu³⁺中的350~550 nm范围内出现VO^3-₄的发射带,而在Ca₉Gd(VO₄)₇ : Eu³⁺中却没有观察到VO^3-₄的发射。在这三种发光粉中,Ca₉Gd(VO₄)₇ : Eu³⁺的发光强度远远高于其它两种,这是由于Gd³⁺的存在有效地使能量通过Gd³⁺ →VO^3-₄ → Eu³⁺及Gd³⁺ → Eu³⁺的两种方式进行能量传递,从而提高了Eu³⁺发光效率。     

Spectral luminescence properties of nanostructured Ce-Nd-Containing silica gel-glasses

Complex Ce⁴⁺-Nd³⁺ centers were formed in silica gel-glasses. These centers were characterized by weak cross-relaxation quenching of luminescence; an increased luminescence branching ratio in the ⁴F_3/2→⁴I_11/2, ⁴I_13/2 transitions; strong structuring of the analogous spectral bands; and effective intracenter sensitization of luminescence. On reducing the Ce⁴⁺ ions to the triply charged state, the structure of the luminescence bands of Nd³⁺ ions became weaker and the ratio of their intensities approached the value typical of an Nd-containing silica gel-glass.     

Luminescence of yttrium oxide

Pulsed cathodoluminescence of pure and neodymium-activated Y₂O₃ ceramic and materials used for its synthesis (commercial Y₂O₃ micropowder and nanopowder obtained from it by laser evaporation) is investigated in a wavelength range of 350–850 nm. In the micropowder, four series of narrow electron-vibration bands of intrinsic luminescence centers are detected. In a ceramic with the same lattice, only one series is left, while the remaining series degenerate into broad bands. In the neodymium-activated ceramic, luminescence bands of the Na³⁺ ion located in the monoclinic lattice of the γ-Y₂O₃ phase are detected.     

Photoluminescence from deep centers in GaAs

Sharp line structure attributable to phonon assisted radiative emission has been observed in the 6 K photoluminescence spectra from deep centers in bulk samples of chromium doped GaAs. Two luminescence bands at 0.56 and 0.8 eV have been observed and both bands exhibit evidence of phonon assisted radiative recombination. An exploration of these luminescence bands in terms of excited state to ground state transitions of Cr³⁺ and Cr²⁺ ions is proposed.     

Ba2RV3O11(R=Y,Gd,La):Eu3+(或Dy3+,Bi3+)的合成及发光性能的研究

本文报导了Eu3+,Dy3+在Ba2RV3O11(R=Y,Gd,La)基质中的光谱性质、Bi3+对Dy3+发射强度的影响及温度对Dy3+发射强度的猝灭情况.研究了被取代离子R3+(R=Y,Gd,La)对基质电行迁移带、Eu3+的红橙比、Dy3+黄蓝比的影响,还给出了Dy3+的浓度猝灭值.     

The R2PI Spectroscopy of Tyrosine: A Vibronic Analysis

Based on an infrared spectrum in an atlas, and on a Raman spectrum that we acquired ourselves, we have made a frequency assignment for the vibrational modes of tyrosine. This assignment was aided by the results of a GAUSSIAN frequency calculation that we performed at the Hartree-Fock level, using the 3-21G basis set. We have made a vibronic assignment of the bands in a jet-cooled LD-R2PI spectrum that we obtained for tyrosine, using the aforementioned ground-state analysis as a guide. By UV hole burning, we have verified which of the low-frequency R2PI peaks are origins, assigning the others as torsions. We have assigned the various origin bands, with their associated bands to higher energy, to configurations in which the amino acid backbone is either gauche or anti to the ring.     

Radiation induced defects in SiO 2

The main luminescent centers in SiO 2 films are the red luminescence R (650 v nm; 1.85 v eV) of the non-bridging oxygen hole center (NBOHC) and the twofold-coordinated (divalent) silicon with a blue B (460 v nm; 2.7 v eV) and a UV band (285 v nm; 4.4 v eV). Especially the latter ones are produced under irradiation, but from existing precursors assumed as silicon related oxygen deficient centers (SiODC). Therefore, in order to prove these models we compare a direct oxygen implantation with a direct silicon implantation into SiO 2 layers. The main result is: implanting oxygen increases the red band R but does not affect the blue band B. Silicon surplus increases the amplitude of the blue (B) luminescence, but reduces the amplitude of the red (R) one. Studying the cathodoluminescence dose dependence of these blue and red bands we have established defect transformation kinetics in SiO 2 including six main defects and precursors as well as the mobile oxygen as the main transmitter between precursors and the radiation induced defects. The kinetics is described by eight rate equations which predict the dose dependence of the red (R) and blue (B) luminescence intensities and their temperature dependences very well.     

Photoluminescence studies of nitrogen-doped TiO2 powders prepared by annealing with urea

Photoluminescence and excitation spectra have been investigated for undoped and nitrogen-doped TiO₂ powders at low temperatures. A broad luminescence band peaking at 2.25?eV is observed in the undoped TiO₂ powders. The 2.25?eV luminescence band exhibits a sharp rise from 3.34?eV in the excitation spectrum reflecting the fundamental absorption edge of anatase TiO₂. On the other hand, the N-doped TiO₂ powders obtained by annealing with urea at 350 and 500°C exhibit broad luminescence bands around 2.89 and 2.63?eV, respectively. The excitation spectra for these luminescence bands rise from the lower energy side of the fundamental absorption edge of anatase TiO₂. The origin of the luminescence bands and N-related energy levels formed in the band-gap of TiO₂ are discussed.     

掺杂纳米半导体超微粒ZnS:Mn2+光学特性研究

九十年代对纳米尺寸(nanoscale)材料的光物理性质的深入研究,导致了介于微观与宏观物理间的新的学科一介观物理(mesoscopic physics)的产生.其科学义在于建立和发展介于原子分子和固体之间所谓介观系统(mesoscopic system)的量子理论,揭示介观物质特性及其相互作用本质,并利用介观特性探索新型结构和功能材料.以往对纳米半导体超微粒材料的研究主要集中于与本征特性相关的量子尺寸效应,或缺陷对超微粒本征特性的影响[1,2].超微粒中过渡金属离子中心发光性质研究首次报道于1993年[3,4]并指出这可能成为崭新的一类发光材料.     

Auger-free luminescence due to interatomic p–d transition and self-trapped exciton luminescence in Rb2ZnCl4 crystals

It is reported that Auger-free (AF) luminescence appears with two bands at 4.5 and 6.3 eV in Rb₂ZnCl₄. This luminescence originates from a radiative transition of the Cl 3p valence electrons into the Zn 3d outermost-core holes. The present work is the first observation of AF luminescence due to interatomic p–d transitions in halide crystals. The appearance of two AF luminescence bands suggests the existence of two types of AF transitions following core hole creation. A largely Stokes-shifted luminescence band is also found to appear at 1.9 eV. This band has an excitation threshold at the fundamental absorption edge, and is ascribed to the radiative decay of a self-trapped exciton.     

Luminescence of AgHal phosphors containing a silver sulfide impurity

In a study of the luminescence spectra of AgHal single crystals containing various levels of a silver sulfide impurity, the mechanism for the luminescence is established. The thermal quenching of the steady-state luminescence and of the light sum of the luminescence of AgHal (Ag₂S) phosphors is due to ionic processes, as in pure silver halides. The activation energy for the thermal quenching of the light sum is found. The ratio of the cross sections for electron recombination with holes localized at the luminescence centers responsible for the various luminescence bands is found in a kinetic study of the decay of the optical emission stimulated in these bands.     

Size dependence of the luminescence spectra of nanocrystal alumina

A nanometer-sized Al₂O₃ powder was prepared by calcination of the nanometer-sized boehmite powder at different temperatures for 3 h in air. The main absorption bands located at about 200, 236, 255, 334 and 348 nm always occur in any phase of nanometer-sized alumina powder, and also do not change with the particle size. The luminescence bands at 404 nm in nanometer-sized alumina powder are presented under 236 and 254 nm excitation, respectively. The luminescence intensity of peak located at 404 nm decreases quickly with the increasing alumina powder size. It is suggested that the defect level in the nanometer alumina powder should be taken into account for the mechanism of new luminescent emission bands.     

Er3+-Yb3+-Tm3+共掺CdF2:PbF2基玻璃中的荧光特性及其上转换机制

在 98 0nm半导体激光激发下 ,在Er3 Yb3 Tm3 共掺玻璃样品中得到了如下的 5条较强的上转换荧光带 ,分别是近红外 (80 0nm) ,红 (6 4 5nm) ,绿 (5 4 5和 5 2 5nm) ,蓝 (4 80nm)及紫 (4 0 7nm)。与Er3 Yb3 共掺样品相比 ,Tm3 的加入使得 4 80nm的蓝光显著增强 ,这应与Tm3 特殊的能级结构有关 ;荧光强度随激发功率变化的双对数曲线表明 4 80nm蓝光发射是双光子激发过程 ,为两个Yb3 的合作上转换敏化发光 ,随着激发功率的增加 ,4 80nm荧光的logI logP曲线的斜率将变小 ,逐渐向下“弯曲”。作者详细的分析了各条荧光带的上转换机制 ;并用速率方程讨论了稳态情况下 4 80nm蓝色上转换荧光强度随激发功率变化的关系 ,其结果与实验一致。     

Luminescence properties of spark-processed Si in air, O2, and N2 with low pressure

This paper reports the luminescence properties of spark-processed Si (sp-Si) prepared with different atmospheres such as air, O₂, and N₂ in low vacuum range (50-760 Torr). Three main luminescence bands are observed from spark-processed Si (sp-Si). In addition to the well-known two luminescence bands in the blue/violet peaking at 410 nm and green peaking at 500 nm, a novel UV luminescence band is detected for the sp-Si prepared in N₂. The temperature dependence of photoluminescence (PL) characteristics of the newly detected UV luminescence band is examined. Further studies of photoluminescence excitation (PLE) have been performed and origins of luminescence are discussed based on the experimental results.     

The Effect of Pressure on Vibrational Spectra of the Chiral Coordination Compound Ni[(R,R)bdtp] 2

The present work deals with the effect of pressure on vibrational spectra of the chiral coordination compound bis-cyclo-O,O'-[1(R),2(R) dimethylethylene] dithiophosphate nickel(II) complex, Ni[(R,R)bdtp] 2 , in short. The analysis of the pressure dependence of FTIR and Raman spectra shows the splitting of some vibrational modes and the appearance of new bands at about 2.5 GPa. These findings are related to a possible pressure-induced molecular or crystal modification, as yet not fully understood, which would affect the symmetry environment of the metal, as well as that of its neighbor dithiophosphate groups.     

4f-5d transitions of Pr3+ in CaF2

The luminescence excitation spectrum of the Pr³⁺ ion in CaF₂ crystals hase been investigated, and new bands at 3950, 3660, 3380, 2740 and 2620 Å have been observed. These bands are found to be concentration dependent.     

RVNb2O9(R=Y,Gd, La)：Eu3+(或Dy3+)的合成和光谱性质的研究

本文用R2O3(R=Y,Gd,La),V2O6,Nb2O5和高温固相反应法合成了复合钒铌酸盐RVMb2O3,并以此为基质研究了Eu3+和Dy3+在其中的光谱性质.实验表明,Eu3+在这三个化合物中均处于偏离反演对称中心的格位上,Eu3+的荧光强度的红/横比(R/O)和Dy3+的黄/蓝比(Y/B)均随R3+的电荷半径比的减小而下降.同时还研究了Bi3+和温度对Dy3+的发射强度的影响.     

U(3) → R(3) integrity-basis spectroscopy

The U(3) → R(3) algebra, widely used in nuclear spectroscopy studies, is revisited. The most general form of a U(3)-preserving interaction that is rotationally invariant and of given degree in the group generators is presented. Here the full purpose and beauty of the integrity-basis concept is realized. En route to the above it is shown that the structure of the U(3) → R(3) integrity basis can be deduced from a systematic counting of defining space matrix elements of p-shell, k-body scalar operators, k = 0, 1, 2?. The tensorial character of the so-called “missing label” operators and, more importantly, of the operators responsible for the splitting and inversion of rotational bands is obtained by relating integrity-basis multinomials through degree four in the U(3) generators to density operators of a standard U(3) → R(3) many-body spectroscopy. The results are used to show how K-band splitting as well as an [L(L + 1)]² factor in the energy can be realized within a single representation of SU(3) by two-body interactions of the ds and higher nuclear shells. Parameter sets of model interactions associated with both normal and inverted K-band structures are given, as well as the results of a “best fit” theory for the ground and gamma bands of ²⁴Mg.     

Luminescence of YAG doped with Eu,Yb, and Mn ions under VUV excitation

Hydrothermal synthesis has been successfully used to obtain fine-crystalline powders of yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) doped with manganese ions and codoped with cerium and manganese ions. Using the method of high-temperature solid-state synthesis, ceramic specimens of YAG that contain europium and ytterbium ions have been obtained. In synthesized YAG:Eu and YAG:Yb ceramics, no luminescence that can be attributed to 5d-4f transitions in Eu²⁺ or Yb²⁺ ions has been detected, even though the scheme of energy levels of these ions constructed with respect to YAG energy bands indicates that there is a potential possibility of the occurrence of 5d-4f luminescence for Eu²⁺ ions in YAG. At room temperature, the luminescence spectrum of hydrothermally synthesized YAG doped with manganese ions consists of two broad bands with maxima at ～600 and ～750 nm and does not contain any narrow bands in the red or IR range. Therefore, the spectrum contradicts to the properties of the luminescence of Mn²⁺, Mn³⁺, or Mn⁴⁺ ions in YAG described in the literature, even though the obtained hydrothermal specimens can contain noticeable concentrations only of Mn³⁺ ions.