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Emission of opal photonic crystals filled with europium and terbium

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This paper presents measured emission spectra of opal photonic crystals filled with rare-earth phosphors. We obtained photoluminescence spectra of the (111) growth surface of an opal photonic crystal whose pores were filled with sols containing nanoparticles of rare-earth compounds (Eu3+ and Tb3+) in amounts within 30 ppm. Ultraviolet excitation was provided by light emitting diodes operating at wavelengths of 366, 382, and 410 nm and by the fourth harmonic of a Nd:YAG solid state laser (λ = 266 nm). The obtained results lead us to conclude that the lasing threshold can be lowered for transitions of the rare-earth ions. Under illumination with narrow-band light sources, we observed electromagnetic radiation conversion to the band gap region of the photonic crystal. Opal photonic crystals filled with rare-earth ions are potentially attractive for improving solar cell efficiency.

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  1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    V. S. Gorelik, L. S. Lepnev & A. O. Litvinova

  2. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 49, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    S. N. Ivicheva

  3. Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University, Naukova vul. 13, Dnipropetrovsk, 49050, Ukraine

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Original Russian Text © V.S. Gorelik, S.N. Ivicheva, L.S. Lepnev, A.O. Litvinova, V.N. Moiseenko, 2015, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2015, Vol. 51, No. 6, pp. 583–587.

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Gorelik, V.S., Ivicheva, S.N., Lepnev, L.S. et al. Emission of opal photonic crystals filled with europium and terbium. Inorg Mater 51, 525–528 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168515060060

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