Abstract
Ionoluminescence spectra for different rare-earth ion (Pr3+ and Eu3+)-activated SrxBa1-xNb2O6 strontium barium niobate crystals (x=0.33 and 0.60) have been induced with a 3 MeV proton beam for a variety of beam current intensities (45, 40 and 20 nA). The proton-beam induced luminescent spectra have shown features associated with the presence of the rare-earth ion and some spectral features mostly related to the host crystal, which appear only for high beam current intensities. We have compared the ionoluminescence results to those obtained under UV light excitation (photoluminescence technique) where a direct excitation of the band gap would occur.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 735-737 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Luminescence |
Volume | 128 |
Issue number | 5-6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work has been supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science under Contracts no. MAT2002-00180 and MAT2004-03347. We also thank Dr. Enrico Cavalli, University of Parma, for cooperation in photoluminescence measurements and technicians Karim López and Francisco Jaimes for their support at the Pelletron, Particle Accelerator (IFUNAM) during the Ionoluminescence measurements.
Keywords
- Ionoluminescence
- Photoluminescence
- Rare-earth ions
- SBN