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Optical and structural study of bismuth doped yttrium oxide

G. BHAVANI1, S. GANESAN2

Affiliation

  1. Department of Physics, Jansons Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
  2. Professor and Head, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract

Yttrium oxide (Y2O3) is an interesting host material for high power laser applications. Bi +3 is used in an attempt to activate Y2O3, the most promising rare-earth oxide matrix known. Bismuth doped Y2O3 samples are synthesized by simple precipitation techniques like sol-gel, solvothermal and wet chemical methods. Structural analysis is done by FTIR, XRD and SEM-EDAX and the optical properties are analysed by UV- Vis absorption studies and PL. UV- Vis absorption studies showed absorption only at 300 nm and PL shows two peaks around 420 nm and 440 nm. The emission peaks around 420nm and 440 nm for Y2O3 : Bi are due to the splitting of the excited 6s6p state into 3P0 and 3P1 states, respectively, which is originated by the spin-orbital interaction..

Keywords

Phosphor. Photoluminescence, Activator, Structural, Optical.

Submitted at: June 29, 2015
Accepted at: June 9, 2016

Citation

G. BHAVANI, S. GANESAN, Optical and structural study of bismuth doped yttrium oxide, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 18, Iss. 5-6, pp. 531-543 (2016)