Open AccessTRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF NONRADIATIVE ENERGY FROM Tb3+ TO Ce3+ IN YTTRIUM GALLIUM GARNETS
Author(s) -
Xingren Liu,
Zhongkai Wang,
Xiaojun Wang
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.38.430
Subject(s) - excited state , yttrium , atomic physics , gallium , materials science , fluorescence , ion , excitation , acceptor , analytical chemistry (journal) , physics , chemistry , optics , oxide , quantum mechanics , chromatography , metallurgy , condensed matter physics
Selection-excited spectra and fluorescence lifetimes of Tb3+ and Ce3+ ions in yttrium gallium garnets are obtained at room temperature. In Y3Ga5O12:Tb, Ce, Tb3+ (donor) emission spectrum and Ce3+( acceptor) excitation spectrum overlaps considerably. The observed fluorescence lifetimes of Tb3+ 5D3 and 5D4 levels decrease with Ce3+ concentration when the sample of Y3Ga5O12: Tb, Ce are excited by UV laser pulse. The mechanisms for nonradiative energy transfer from 5D3 and 5D4 states of Tb3+ to 2D3/2 state of Ce3+ are found to be electric dipole-dipole interaction. The critical distance, rate and efficiency of energy transfer from Tb3+ to Ce3+ ion are obtained. The average critical transfer distance (R0) for 5D3 and 5D4(Tb3+)→2D3/2(Ce3+) are 16.3 ? and 11.2 ?, respectively. Although the energy transfer from the 5D4 state is dominated by dipole-dipole interaction, the dipole-quadrupole interaction must also be considered.