a Institute of Chemical Physics, Institute of Experimental Physics and Technology, Tartu University, EE2400, Tartu, Estonia
* Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Nuclear Physics Research Institute, Moscow University, 117234, Moscow, Russia
Abstract:
The EPR and luminescence properties of CaS:Eu,Cl-luminophors with different Cl and Eu concentrations are studied. The Mössbauer effect on 151Eu is measured. Eu as a dopant is shown to form mainly Eu3+-centres rather than Eu2+-centres. Eu oxidation to Eu3+ is due to the formation of VCaClS-associates in the CaS lattice. Besides the Eu2+-centres of high symmetry various Eu2+-Eu2+ pairs are formed and are responsible for a broad structureless EPR spectrum and for an infrared shift of the Eu2+ luminescence band.