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Infrared emissions, visible up-conversion, thermoluminescence and defect centres in Er3Al5O12 phosphor obtained by solution combustion reaction

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The Er3Al5O12 phosphor powders were prepared using the solution combustion method. Formation and homogeneity of the Er3Al5O12 phosphor powders have been verified by X-ray diffraction and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis respectively. The frequency up-conversion from Er3Al5O12 phosphor powder corresponding to the 2H9/2 → 4I15/2, 2H11/2 → 4I15/2, 4S3/2 → 4I15/2, 4F9/2 → 4I15/2 and the infrared emission (IR) due to the 4I13/2 → 4I15/2 transitions lying at ∼410, ∼524, ∼556, 645–680 nm and at ∼1.53 μm respectively upon excitation with a Ti-Sapphire pulsed/CW laser have been reported. The mechanism responsible for the frequency up-conversion and IR emission is discussed in detail. Defect centres induced by radiation were studied using the techniques of thermoluminescence and electron spin resonance. A single glow peak at 430°C is observed and the thermoluminescence results show the presence of a defect center which decays at high temperature. Electron spin resonance studies indicate a center characterized by a g-factor equal to 2.0056 and it is observed that this center is not related to the thermoluminescence peak. A negligibly small concentration of cation and anion vacancies appears to be present in the phosphor in accordance with the earlier theoretical predictions.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 156-756, Korea

    V. Singh & H.-Y. Kwak

  2. Department of Applied Physics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, 826004, India

    V. K. Rai

  3. Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo, 05508-090, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

    S. Watanabe & T. K. Gundu Rao

  4. Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique et Moleculaire, UMR CNRS 8537, Institut d’Alembert, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, 61 av. du President Wilson, 94 235, Cachan, France

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Singh, V., Rai, V.K., Watanabe, S. et al. Infrared emissions, visible up-conversion, thermoluminescence and defect centres in Er3Al5O12 phosphor obtained by solution combustion reaction. Appl. Phys. B 101, 631–638 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-010-4199-z

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