Enhanced optical properties of yttrium aluminum garnet with the yttrium vanadate impurity phase

Monika Skruodiene; Ruta Juodvalkyte; Meldra Kemere; Rimantas Ramanauskas; Anatolijs Sarakovskis; Ramunas Skaudzius

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11386

Enhanced optical properties of yttrium aluminum garnet with the yttrium vanadate impurity phase

Heliyon. 2022 Nov 4;8(11):e11386. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11386. eCollection 2022 Nov.

Authors

Monika Skruodiene¹, Ruta Juodvalkyte², Meldra Kemere¹, Rimantas Ramanauskas³, Anatolijs Sarakovskis¹, Ramunas Skaudzius²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, LV1063 Riga, Latvia.
² Institute of Chemistry, Vilnius University, LT-03225 Vilnius, Lithuania.
³ State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania.

Abstract

Yttrium aluminum garnet doped with europium with an additional impurity phase of yttrium vanadate doped europium has been prepared in different ways: synthesized by a sol-gel route and mechanically mixed in a mortar. The obtained samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis, and scanning electron microscopy. Photoluminescence spectra were recorded to understand the role of the impurity phase in the garnet's optical properties. The impurity phase showed a significant contribution to the optical properties of Y₃Al₅O₁₂:1%Eu.

Keywords: Modifying; Optical properties; Sol-gel synthesis; YAG:Eu; YVO4:Eu.