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

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...