The cathodoluminescent (CL) properties of Y2O3:Eu thin films obtained by RF magnetron sputtering were investigated. The number of Eu3+ ions in C2 states of lower symmetry was hypothesized to be greater in the film bulk than on the surface based on studies of the CL spectral intensity as a function of the exciting-electron energy and current density. It was shown that film structural defects and the excitation conditions influenced the kinetic characteristics of the red emission of Y2O3:Eu at 612 nm that was due to the electric dipole transition 5D0 –7F2.
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 226–232, March–April, 2017.
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Bordun, O.M., Bordun, I.O. & Kukharskyy, I.Y. Cathodoluminescence of Y2O3:Eu Thin Films Obtained by RF Sputtering. J Appl Spectrosc 84, 249–254 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-017-0459-6
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