Effect of Optical Excitation Energy on the Red Luminescence of Eu(3+) in GaN

Abstract

Photoluminescence (PL) excitation spectroscopy mapped the photoexcitation wavelength dependence of the red luminescence [(sup 5 D sub 0 to (sup 7 F sub 2d)] transition from GaN:Eu. Time-resolved PL measurements revealed that for excitation at the GaN bound exciton energy, the decay transients are almost temperature insensitive between 86 K and 300 K, indicating an efficient energy transfer process. However, for excitation energies above or below the GaN bound exciton energy, the decaying luminescence indicates excitation wavelength- and temperature-dependent energy transfer influenced by intrinsic and Eu(3+)-related defects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 28, 2005
Accession Number
ADA448157

Entities

People

  • A. J. Steckl
  • C. W. Lee
  • D. S. Lee
  • H. O. Everitt
  • H. Y. Peng
  • J. M. Zavada

Organizations

  • Duke University

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Band Gaps
  • Copyrights
  • Emission
  • Energy Bands
  • Energy Transfer
  • Excitation
  • Light Sources
  • Luminescence
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Measurement
  • Microsecond Time
  • Military Research
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometers
  • Spectrometry
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics