Abstract
The emission spectrum of Cr3+ in Y3Ga5O12 crystalline thin films at 10K is composed of the sharp R1-line, its phonon sideband, and the very weak broadband. The lineshape of R1-line at the peak wavelength of 689.8 nm cannot be fitted to a single Gaussian. This suggests that there exist several different Cr3+ sites in the thin film. This fact is confirmed by lifetime measurements; the radiative decay of the fluorescence is decomposed into multiple-exponential curves. The dominant component (2.8 ms) of the decay curve for the broadband emission is equal to those (2.4 ms) for R1-line and its phonon sidebands. This result is discussed in terms of a tunneling model.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 470-473 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Applied Physics A Solids and Surfaces |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 1992 |
Keywords
- crystalline thin films
- broadband emission
- phonon sidebands
- fluorescence decay