Europium doped gallium oxide nanostructures for room temperature luminescent photonic devices.
Cathodoluminescence and photoluminescence techniques have been used to investigate room temperature light emission from beta-Ga(2)O(3):Eu nanostructures, which were obtained by two methods. In one of them, a mixture of Ga(2)O(3)/Eu(2)O(3) powders was used as precursor material and annealed under an argon flow. In the other one, undoped beta-Ga(2)O(3) nanostructures were first obtained by thermal oxidation of metallic gallium and europium was subsequently incorporated by a diffusion process. Room temperature luminescence at 610 nm due to Eu(3+) intraionic transitions from beta-Ga(2)O(3):Eu has been observed. Waveguiding of this red emitted light through the structures was shown.
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Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain. emilio.nogales@fis.ucm.es
Méndez
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Piqueras
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García
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