Luminescence properties and time-resolved spectroscopy of rare-earth doped SrMoO4 single crystals

Abstract

Luminescence properties of nominally pure and doped with Eu3+ and Pr3+ ions SrMoO4 single crystals grown by the Czochralski method have been studied. Thermal quenching of intrinsic emission of pure and doped SrMoO4 single crystals has been observed, as well as a correlation of thermal quenching activation energies with rare-earth ion concentration has been observed. Tunable laser was used to study time-resolved luminescence in a range from 10 K to room temperature. The effect of dopant nature and concentration on intrinsic emission and decay kinetics has been elucidated.

Keywords

• SrMoO4
• Eu3+
• Pr3+
• Photoluminescence
• Time-resolved spectroscopy