The understanding of complex relationships between luminescent properties, local symmetry of an emitting center, and the host crystal structure provides a better insight into optical properties of materials. In this work, the alkaline earths CaF2 and BaF2 fluoride crystals doped with 0.1 mol% ErF3 were investigated. The crystals structure has been studied using a synchrotron and laboratory X-ray diffraction. The C3v and C4v sites symmetry were determined using erbium probed high resolution emission spectroscopy (HRPL) at low temperature (LT) of 10 K. The considerable difference in room temperature (RT) optical properties for CaF2 compared to BaF2 crystals was observed. Such difference in absorption intensity of 4.7 times of erbium 4G11/2 manifold in UV, and 7.5 times in green emission from 4S3/2 manifold, could be due to the distinction in the host crystals cationic radius (ΔrCa,Ba) and the dopant-host ionic radius (ΔrCa-Er, ΔrBa-Er). Those Δr differences influence the structure and le...ad to the following symmetry formation: In CaF2, the C4v and C3v isolated centers were identified, with the determined Er3+- F−i bond lengths of 2.734 Å and 4.735 Å respectively; In BaF2, only C3v isolated centers were identified with the determined Er3+- F−i bond lengths of 5.380 Å. The present work is the first study that takes into account correlations of optical properties, the local symmetry and the structure in mentioned fluorides crystals, and it could be a step forward in the lanthanide doped optical materials systematics.
Program for the Foreign Experts [Grant No. W2017011]
Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications and the National Foreign Experts Program for “Belt and Road Initiative” Innovative Talent Exchange [Grant No. DL2021035001L]
TY - JOUR
AU - Racu, Andrei V.
AU - Ristić, Zoran
AU - Ćirić, Aleksandar
AU - Ðorđević, Vesna
AU - Buse, Gabriel
AU - Poienar, Maria
AU - Gutmann, Michael J.
AU - Ivashko, Oleh
AU - Stef, Marius
AU - Vizman, Daniel
AU - Dramićanin, Miroslav
AU - Piasecki, Michal
AU - Brik, Mikhail G.
PY - 2023
UR - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/10561
AB - The understanding of complex relationships between luminescent properties, local symmetry of an emitting center, and the host crystal structure provides a better insight into optical properties of materials. In this work, the alkaline earths CaF2 and BaF2 fluoride crystals doped with 0.1 mol% ErF3 were investigated. The crystals structure has been studied using a synchrotron and laboratory X-ray diffraction. The C3v and C4v sites symmetry were determined using erbium probed high resolution emission spectroscopy (HRPL) at low temperature (LT) of 10 K. The considerable difference in room temperature (RT) optical properties for CaF2 compared to BaF2 crystals was observed. Such difference in absorption intensity of 4.7 times of erbium 4G11/2 manifold in UV, and 7.5 times in green emission from 4S3/2 manifold, could be due to the distinction in the host crystals cationic radius (ΔrCa,Ba) and the dopant-host ionic radius (ΔrCa-Er, ΔrBa-Er). Those Δr differences influence the structure and lead to the following symmetry formation: In CaF2, the C4v and C3v isolated centers were identified, with the determined Er3+- F−i bond lengths of 2.734 Å and 4.735 Å respectively; In BaF2, only C3v isolated centers were identified with the determined Er3+- F−i bond lengths of 5.380 Å. The present work is the first study that takes into account correlations of optical properties, the local symmetry and the structure in mentioned fluorides crystals, and it could be a step forward in the lanthanide doped optical materials systematics.
T2 - Optical Materials
T1 - Analysis of site symmetries of Er3+ doped CaF2 and BaF2 crystals by high resolution photoluminescence spectroscopy
VL - 136
SP - 113337
DO - 10.1016/j.optmat.2022.113337
ER -
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author = "Racu, Andrei V. and Ristić, Zoran and Ćirić, Aleksandar and Ðorđević, Vesna and Buse, Gabriel and Poienar, Maria and Gutmann, Michael J. and Ivashko, Oleh and Stef, Marius and Vizman, Daniel and Dramićanin, Miroslav and Piasecki, Michal and Brik, Mikhail G.",
year = "2023",
abstract = "The understanding of complex relationships between luminescent properties, local symmetry of an emitting center, and the host crystal structure provides a better insight into optical properties of materials. In this work, the alkaline earths CaF2 and BaF2 fluoride crystals doped with 0.1 mol% ErF3 were investigated. The crystals structure has been studied using a synchrotron and laboratory X-ray diffraction. The C3v and C4v sites symmetry were determined using erbium probed high resolution emission spectroscopy (HRPL) at low temperature (LT) of 10 K. The considerable difference in room temperature (RT) optical properties for CaF2 compared to BaF2 crystals was observed. Such difference in absorption intensity of 4.7 times of erbium 4G11/2 manifold in UV, and 7.5 times in green emission from 4S3/2 manifold, could be due to the distinction in the host crystals cationic radius (ΔrCa,Ba) and the dopant-host ionic radius (ΔrCa-Er, ΔrBa-Er). Those Δr differences influence the structure and lead to the following symmetry formation: In CaF2, the C4v and C3v isolated centers were identified, with the determined Er3+- F−i bond lengths of 2.734 Å and 4.735 Å respectively; In BaF2, only C3v isolated centers were identified with the determined Er3+- F−i bond lengths of 5.380 Å. The present work is the first study that takes into account correlations of optical properties, the local symmetry and the structure in mentioned fluorides crystals, and it could be a step forward in the lanthanide doped optical materials systematics.",
journal = "Optical Materials",
title = "Analysis of site symmetries of Er3+ doped CaF2 and BaF2 crystals by high resolution photoluminescence spectroscopy",
volume = "136",
pages = "113337",
doi = "10.1016/j.optmat.2022.113337"
}
Racu, A. V., Ristić, Z., Ćirić, A., Ðorđević, V., Buse, G., Poienar, M., Gutmann, M. J., Ivashko, O., Stef, M., Vizman, D., Dramićanin, M., Piasecki, M.,& Brik, M. G.. (2023). Analysis of site symmetries of Er3+ doped CaF2 and BaF2 crystals by high resolution photoluminescence spectroscopy. in Optical Materials, 136, 113337.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2022.113337
Racu AV, Ristić Z, Ćirić A, Ðorđević V, Buse G, Poienar M, Gutmann MJ, Ivashko O, Stef M, Vizman D, Dramićanin M, Piasecki M, Brik MG. Analysis of site symmetries of Er3+ doped CaF2 and BaF2 crystals by high resolution photoluminescence spectroscopy. in Optical Materials. 2023;136:113337.
doi:10.1016/j.optmat.2022.113337 .
Racu, Andrei V., Ristić, Zoran, Ćirić, Aleksandar, Ðorđević, Vesna, Buse, Gabriel, Poienar, Maria, Gutmann, Michael J., Ivashko, Oleh, Stef, Marius, Vizman, Daniel, Dramićanin, Miroslav, Piasecki, Michal, Brik, Mikhail G., "Analysis of site symmetries of Er3+ doped CaF2 and BaF2 crystals by high resolution photoluminescence spectroscopy" in Optical Materials, 136 (2023):113337,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2022.113337 . .
