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Synthesis and Luminescence of Sr1– x – yYbxEuyF2+ x + y Solid Solutions for Photonics

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Single-phase Sr1– x – yYbxEuyF2+ x + y solid solutions with an average particle size near 90 nm have been synthesized via co-precipitation from aqueous solutions, followed by high-temperature annealing. Efficient Yb3+ luminescence was observed upon excitation at a wavelength of 266 nm. The highest external quantum yield of ytterbium luminescence (2.5%) under pum** at a wavelength of 266 nm was reached for the SrF2:Yb(1.0 mol %),Eu(0.05 mol %) composition.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant no. 17-73-20352.

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  1. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, str. Vavilova 38, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    S. V. Kuznetsov, V. Yu. Proydakova, V. V. Voronov & P. P. Fedorov

  2. Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya ul. 18, 420008, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia

    A. S. Nizamutdinov, E. I. Madirov, V. G. Gorieva, M. A. Marisov & V. V. Semashko

  3. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    A. D. Yapryntsev & V. K. Ivanov

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Kuznetsov, S.V., Nizamutdinov, A.S., Proydakova, V.Y. et al. Synthesis and Luminescence of Sr1– x – yYbxEuyF2+ x + y Solid Solutions for Photonics. Inorg Mater 55, 1031–1038 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002016851910008X

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