Abstract
The optical absorption and photoluminescence properties of cerium-activated (Pb,Gd)3(Al,Ga)5O12 epitaxial films are studied. The films are grown on single-crystal (111)-oriented Gd3Ga5O12 substrates by liquid-phase epitaxy from supercooled PbO – B2O3 melt solutions at different concentrations of gadolinium, cerium, and aluminium oxides in the charge. The photoluminescence band of Ce3+ ions is shown to peak at 532 nm. The highest cathodoluminescence yield of about 51500 photons MeV−1 at a decay time of the slow component of 61.0 ns (light yield fraction 68%) is found for the Pb0.01Ce0.03Gd2.96Al3.14Ga1.86O12 film, grown from melt solution with gadolinium oxide, cerium oxide, and aluminium oxide concentrations of 0.4, 0.2, and 4.5 mol % in the charge, respectively. Epitaxial films with these spectroscopic characteristics are promising for application in scintillation screens.
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