Abstract
This work presents a comprehensive study of the optical properties of Y2O3 film with a monoclinic structure obtained by magnetron sputtering on a silica glass substrate. The parameters of band energy structure and emission characteristics of the film were determined by absorption, transmission, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The dispersion of refractive index was established and the values of transparency gaps for direct and indirect interband transitions were determined. Optically active intrinsic centers were identified as vacancy (F - centers) and interstitial type (Oi - centers) defects, which are characterized by distribution of radiative states over activation energy of emission quenching. Luminescence in the UV and visible spectral ranges is interpreted as triplet-singlet radiative transitions in self-trapped and bound excitons. The values of thermally activated barriers for flare up and quenching of exciton luminescence are determined, and the configuration-coordinate diagram is proposed.
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