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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 234-239 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Spectroscopy |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- barium thiogallate
- cerium
- europium
- phosphor
- photoluminescence
- rare earth ions