Luminescence of F ⁺ and F centers in YAlO₃

Abstract

In YAlO₃ crystals grown in vacuum or reduced by annealing at low oxygen pressure, the luminescence of F centers in the band at 420 nm, with τ=30 ms at 9 K, excited in the bands at 212 and 242 nm, as well as the luminescence of F ⁺ centers in the band at 355 nm, with τ=2.7 ns, excited in the main band at 220 nm and weaker bands at 190 and 288 nm, was detected. On the basis of the results obtained and data in the literature, the behavior of the emission of F ⁺ and F centers in oxides of the Al₂O₃-Y₂O₃ system is analyzed on the example of the compounds α-Al₂O₃, YAlO₃, and Y₃Al₅O₁₂. The role of antisite defects in the stabilization of F-like luminescence and absorption centers in multisublattice oxides is discussed.