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[Concentration dependence of luminescence under different excitation wavelength in Y2O2S:Sm3+ phosphor]
Bing-fu Lei1, Ying-liang Liu, Gong-ben Tang
1Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Chemistry and Physics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China.
Abstract:
The concentration dependence of luminescence under different excitations in Y2O2S:Sm3+ phosphor has been studied. The optimum activator concentration was found to be a function of the number of excited activator ions as well as the excitation wavelength. The concentration dependence curve of Y2O2S:Sm3+ phosphor under 413 nm excitation was different from the curve obtained with 263 nm excitation. For excitation radiation having longer wavelength (413 nm), the concentration quenching of Y2O2S:Sm3+ phosphor occurred at about 2%, which is ten times the result with shorter wavelength (263 nm) excitation (-0.2%). Fitting the concentration dependence curve and the result shows that the cross-relaxation caused by the dipole-quadrupole interaction of neighboring Sm3+ ions results in the concentration quenching.
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