Controlled electron and hole trapping in YPO4:Ce3+,Ln3+ and LuPO4:Ce3+,Ln3+ (Ln=Sm, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm)

Controlled electron and hole trapping in YPO4:Ce3+,Ln3+ and LuPO4:Ce3+,Ln3+ (Ln=Sm, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm)

Krumpel, A.H.
Bos, A.J.J.
Bessière, A.
Van der Kolk, E.
Dorenbos, P.

Applied Sciences

Radiation, Radionuclides and Reactors

2009-08-10

A detailed and systematic electron trapping study was conducted in the scientifically important wide band-gap materials LuPO4 and YPO4 doubly doped with Ce3+ and Ln3+ (Ln=Sm, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm). By using vacuum-ultraviolet luminescence spectroscopy and detailed thermoluminescence spectroscopy it was possible to establish by two independent methods that the observed electron traps can be assigned to the Ln3+ codoping ions. It is shown that the associated electron trap depths are determined by the energy separation between the Ln2+ ground states and the bottom of the conduction band. Both methods reveal a systematic behavior of electron trap depths as a function of the type of Ln3+ codoping ion that can be explained by recently developed empirical models. Small differences in trap depths obtained by the two methods are discussed in the context of charge-transfer induced relaxation processes and uncertainties in glow peak analysis. Our experiments provide valuable information on 4fn?4fn, 4fn?4fn?15d, O2??Ln3+ charge transfer and the lowest-energy PO43? group transitions as well as electron trap depths. These transition energies allowed us to construct a complete energy-level diagram for LuPO4:Ln3+/2+ and YPO4:Ln3+/2+.

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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.085103

American Physical Society

0163-1829

Physical Review B, 80 (8), 2009

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