Effect of excitation level on the photoluminescence of barium thiogallate activated with europium and cerium ions

  • V. Z. Zubialevich
  • , E. V. Lutsenko
  • , A. V. Danilchyk
  • , E. V. Muravitskaya
  • , G. P. Yablonskii
  • , A. M. Pashaev
  • , B. G. Tagiev
  • , O. B. Tagiev
  • , S. A. Abushov

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Abstract

The photoluminescence of barium thiogallates doped with Eu2+, Ce3+, and Eu2+ + Ce3+ ions is studied over a wide range of excitation levels (10-3-106 W/cm2). Introduction of 3 at.% Eu and 3 at.% Ce instead of 5 at.% Eu into a BaGa2S4 matrix doubles the luminescence quantum yield of the phosphor. Doped BaGa2S4 exhibits a high linearity in its luminescence intensity as a function of excitation level (a constant efficiency) up to 2·104 W/cm2 for excitation pulse durations of 8 ns, which corresponds to cw pumping at a power density of about 5·102 W/cm2 in terms of the concentration of excited ions. It is shown that using BaGa2S4:Eu,Ce along with the "yellow" phosphor of a Nichia NS6L083 LED may increase its color rendering index from 0.64 to 0.80 with no reduction in its luminous efficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)234-239
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Applied Spectroscopy
Volume78
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • barium thiogallate
  • cerium
  • europium
  • phosphor
  • photoluminescence
  • rare earth ions

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