Photoluminescence spectra of rare earth doped CaGa 2S 4 single crystals

Abstract

Six kind CaGa 2S 4 single crystals doped with different rare earth (RE) elements are grown by the horizontal Bridgman method, and their photoluminescence (PL) spectra are measured in the temperature range from 10 to 300 K. The PL spectra of Ce or Eu doped crystals have broad line shapes due to the phonon assisted 4f–5d transitions. On the other hand, those of Pr 3+, Tb 3+, Er 3+ or Tm 3+ doped samples show narrow ones owing to the 4f–4f transitions. The assignments of the electronic levels are made in reference to the reported data of RE 4f multiplets observed in same materials.