Abstract
Nanostructured europium-doped yttrium oxide thin films with lithium as a co-dopant were prepared using pulsed laser ablation technique. X-ray diffraction studies of the films indicated amorphous nature of the as deposited films and a transformation to crystalline phase with increase of annealing temperature. In this transformation, lithium co-doped films showed early crystallization. Lithium substitution resulted not only in enhancement of photoluminescence at 612 nm, resulting from 5D 0– 7F 2 transition within europium, but also found to reduce the required processing temperature for intense photoemission. The deviation observed in the value of lattice constant of films annealed at different temperatures is found to be sensitive to annealing temperature. In the light of this, the dependence of photoluminescence intensity on the magnitude of lattice imperfection is also discussed. The morphology and transmittance of the films are also found to be sensitive to annealing process and lithium doping.
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