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Opticheskii Zhurnal

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DOI: 10.17586/1023-5086-2020-87-03-75-79

УДК: 535. 538.9. 546

Study of the luminescence of calcium niobate activated by neodymium

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Москвитина Е.А., Воробьев В.А. Исследование люминесценции ниобата кальция, активированного неодимом // Оптический журнал. 2020. Т. 87. № 3. С. 75–79. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2020-87-03-75-79

 

Moskvitina E.A., Vorobiev V.A. Study of the luminescence of calcium niobate activated by neodymium [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2020. V. 87. № 3. P. 75–79. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2020-87-03-75-79

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

E. A. Moskvitina and V. A. Vorobiev, "Study of the luminescence of calcium niobate activated by neodymium," Journal of Optical Technology. 87(3), 189-192 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.87.000189

Abstract:

In this study, samples of calcium niobate activated with neodymium (CaNb2O6:Nd) were synthesized using the solid-phase method in air. The optical properties were investigated at 300 K. The optical bandgap of CaNb2O6:Nd was found to be 3.6 eV. The luminescent properties of the samples in the infrared spectral region were analyzed, and the optimal concentration of neodymium ions in the compound was determined. The luminescence spectrum consists of a set of bands with the maxima located at wavelengths of 896, 1061, and 1341 nm. The luminescence decay kinetics is characteristic of intracenter luminescence. The average lifetime of Nd-ion excited states in a CaNb2O6:Nd compound is within the range of 40–100 µs depending on the activator concentration.

Keywords:

calcium niobate, luminescence, neodymium, kinetics, bandgap, intracenter luminescence

OCIS codes: 160.2540, 160.5690

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