WANG Yan, LIN Zhen-xu, SONG Jie etc. Excitation Mechanism of Eu<sup>3+</sup> Photoluminescence from Eu Doped Silicon Oxycarbide Film[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2017,38(8): 1010-1014
WANG Yan, LIN Zhen-xu, SONG Jie etc. Excitation Mechanism of Eu<sup>3+</sup> Photoluminescence from Eu Doped Silicon Oxycarbide Film[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2017,38(8): 1010-1014 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20173808.1010.
Excitation Mechanism of Eu3+ Photoluminescence from Eu Doped Silicon Oxycarbide Film
:Eu) films were fabricated by magnetron sputtering at a low temperature of 250℃. The excitation mechanism of Eu
3+
photoluminescence (PL) from SiC
x
O
y
:Eu was investigated. The spectra of all the SiC
x
O
y
:Eu films contain two PL bands:the blue band originated from the host matrix and Eu
3+
red PL band. With the increasing of the content of Eu from 0.19% to 2.27%
the red PL intensity is enhanced more than three times
while the blue PL intensity gradually decreases. The analysis results of Rama spectra and time-resolved PL show that the blue PL mainly originates from neutral oxygen vacancy (NOV) defect centers in the SiC
x
O
y
matrix. Combining with the PLE results
the enhanced red light emission is suggested from the increased concentration of Eu
3+
ions and/or the energy transfer between the NOV defect centers and optically active Eu
3+
ions.
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