Affiliation: | aPhysics Laboratory, University of Utrecht, P. O. Box 80.000, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands |
Abstract: | The luminescence and energy transfer properties of two lower symmetrical europium tellurite anti-glass phases are reported, viz. Eu1.79TeOx, which has a pseudo-tetragonal structure, and Eu1.08TeOx, which has a monoclinic ordered crystal structure. In the pseudo-tetragonal phase the Eu3+ ions occupy two major types of sites. In the monoclinic phase there are at least seven different crystallographic sites available to the Eu3+ ions. At low temperatures transfer of excitation energy to the sites with the lowest 5D0 energy levels occurs, and only these sites luminesce. Above 10 K backtransfer to higher 5D0 levels takes place. The energy migration process, which becomes important at temperatures above 20 K for the pseudo-tetragonal phase and above 10 K for the monoclinic phase, is two-phonon assisted. For both compounds the assistance mechanism up to about 50 K is two-site non-resonant, and at higher temperatures it is one-site resonant. |