Resumen
Recently, there has been a growth of interest in the preparation of new phosphor films for high-resolution X-ray imaging systems. Europium activated gadolinium oxide is very interesting because of its scintillation properties especially as a red component. The sol-gel method has been used to synthesize europium-doped gadolinium oxide films. The films present waveguiding properties and this special feature is used to study their microstructure by Raman spectroscopy in waveguiding configuration. Structural results, confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations, show that the crystallization in the cubic phase occurs at 700 °C. Opto-geometrical parameters were determined with respect to the annealing temperature. After annealing at 1000 °C, very dense europium-doped gadolinium oxide films are obtained with a thickness of 390 nm and a refractive index of 1.88 at 632.8 nm. Spectroscopic results constituted by emission spectra (UV and X-ray excitation) and decay measurements are presented.
Idioma original | Inglés |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 161-168 |
Número de páginas | 8 |
Publicación | Optical Materials |
Volumen | 19 |
N.º | 1 |
DOI | |
Estado | Publicada - 3 feb. 2002 |
Publicado de forma externa | Sí |