OPTICS AND SPECTROSCOPY, vol.118, pp.389-392, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
The photoluminescence (PL) in the visible spectral range of Ca0.5Ba0.5Ga2S4 solid solutions activated with ions of rare-earth elements Eu2+ and Er3+ has been studied in the temperature range of 10–300 K. The PL spectrum contains a strong luminescence band peaking at 530 nm, which is due to the 4f 65d → 4f 7 transitions in Eu2+ ions and weak lines in the range of 650–675 nm, which are due to the 4 F 9/2 → 4 I 15/2 transitions in Er3+ ions. The position of the PL spectrum and the total PL intensity are characterized by high temperature stability in the range of 10–300 K; the total PL intensity decreases by only 13% with respect to the maximum value at 10 K. The PL decay time and the activation energy of nonradiative recombination channels are found to be τ e = 291 ns and E a = 41 meV, respectively.