Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Low Temperature Spectral Properties of Several Pr3+ Doped Borates under VUV Excitation

FU Yi-Bing1, ZHANG Guo-Bin1, WU Wen-Qing1, QI Ze-Ming1, SHI Jun-Yan1, SHI Chao-Shu1,2   

  1. 1. National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China; 2. Department of physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • Received:2006-04-20 Revised:2006-06-05 Published:2007-03-20 Online:2007-03-20

Abstract: Low temperature spectra of SrB4O7:Pr3+, LaB3O6:Pr3+ and LaMgB5O10:Pr3+
were investigated by synchrotron radiation VUV light. Under VUV excitation,
photon cascade emission was found in SrB4O7:Pr3+, LaB3O6:Pr3+ and LaMgB5O10:Pr3+. All peaks in emission spectra were assigned. Because high phonon energy in borates results in non-radiative relaxation between 3P0 and 1D2 states of Pr3+, the second step emission 3P0→3HJ is very low in SrB4O7:Pr3+ and even is absent in LaB3O6:Pr3+ and LaMgB5O10:Pr3+. In the excitation spectra of LaB3O6:Pr3+ and LaMgB5O10:Pr3+, along with the 4f5d absorption bands, a weak line due to 3H41S0 transition also was detected. From the position of 3H41S0 transition, the energy difference of 1S0 state and the lowest 4 f5d state was determined.

Key words: Pr3+ ion, photon cascade emission, VUV excitation, low temperature spectra

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