Abstract
Yttrium-gadolinium aluminum garnets (YGdAG) doped with Ce3+ ions have been prepared by co-precipitation method. The luminescent properties of Ce3+ ions in Gd3(1−x)Ce3xAl5O12 (х=0.01) have been studied upon excitation in the 2–20eV region. The substitution of Gd3+ for Y3+ in the garnet structure results in broadening the emission band and shifting its maximum towards the longer wavelengths. It was found that in addition to the 4f→5d excitation bands of Ce3+ ions, the excitation spectra for the Ce3+ emission contain bands at 6.67, 7.75, and 9.76eV. These bands are attributed to the Ce3+-bound exciton formation and O 2p→Al 3s, 3p transitions, respectively. Although gadolinium states dominate near the bottom of the conduction band of Gd3Al5O12, contributions from Altetr and Aloct atoms to the conduction-band density of states are evaluated as quite essential.
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