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Effect of Al and Ce ion concentrations on the optical absorption and luminescence in Gd3(Al,Ga)5O12:Ce3+ epitaxial films

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We have studied the effect of Al and Ce ions on the optical absorption and luminescence of singlecrystal (Pb,Gd)3–y Ce y Al x Ga5–x O12 (x = 2.02, 2.09, 2.13, 2.17, 2.22; y = 0.02, 0.06, 0.07) films grown on (111)-oriented single-crystal Gd3Ga5O12 substrates by liquid-phase epitaxy from supercooled high-temperature solutions using solvents of the PbO–B2O3 system and growth charges containing 2.0, 2.1, or 2.2 mol % aluminum oxide and 0.03 or 0.2 mol % cerium oxide. The shift of the absorption bands of the Ce3+ 5d 1 and 5d 2 levels has been determined as a function of Al concentration in the films. The intensity of the Ce3+ luminescence bands of the films has been shown to increase with increasing Al and Ce concentrations.

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  1. Kotel’nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Mokhovaya ul. 11/7, Moscow, 125009, Russia

    D. A. Vasil’ev

  2. Fiber Optics Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119333, Russia

    D. A. Vasil’ev, V. O. Sokolov & V. G. Plotnichenko

  3. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory 1/2, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    D. A. Spassky

  4. Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Ravila 14c, Tartu, 50411, Estonia

    D. A. Spassky

  5. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    V. V. Voronov & N. V. Vasil’eva

  6. Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    A. V. Khakhalin

  7. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskii per. 9, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow oblast, 141700, Russia

    V. G. Plotnichenko

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Original Russian Text © D.A. Vasil’ev, D.A. Spassky, V.V. Voronov, V.O. Sokolov, A.V. Khakhalin, N.V. Vasil’eva, V.G. Plotnichenko, 2015, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2015, Vol. 51, No. 10, pp. 1090–1097.

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Vasil’ev, D.A., Spassky, D.A., Voronov, V.V. et al. Effect of Al and Ce ion concentrations on the optical absorption and luminescence in Gd3(Al,Ga)5O12:Ce3+ epitaxial films. Inorg Mater 51, 1008–1016 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168515090198

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