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Cathodoluminescence of nanocrystalline Y2O3:Eu3+ with various Eu3+ concentrations
© The Author(s) 2014. Published by ECS. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC BY, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse of the work in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Herein a study on the preparation and cathodoluminescence of monosized spherical nanoparticles of Y2O3:Eu3+ having a Eu3+ concentration that varies between 0.01 and 10% is described. The luminous efficiency and decay time have been determined at low a current density, whereas cathodoluminescence-microscopy has been carried out at high current density, the latter led to substantial saturation of certain spectral transitions. A novel theory is presented to evaluate the critical distance for energy transfer from Eu3+ ions in S6 to Eu3+ ions in C2 sites. It was found that Y2O3:Eu3+ with 1–2% Eu3+ has the highest luminous efficiency of 16lm/w at 15keV electron energy. Decay times of the emission from 5D0 (C2) and 5D1 (C2) and 5D0 (S6) levels were determined. The difference in decay time from the 5D0 (C2) and 5D1 (C2) levels largely explained the observed phenomena in the cathodoluminescence-micrographs recorded with our field emission scanning electron microscope
Cathodoluminescence of Double Layers of Phosphor Particles
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.We present radiance measurements of particle layers of ZnO:Zn, Y2O3:Eu and Y2O2S:Eu bombarded with electrons at anode voltages between 1 and 15 kV. The layers described in this work refer to single component layers, double layers and two component mixtures. The phosphor layers are deposited on ITO-coated glass slides by settling; the efficiency of the cathodoluminescence is determined by summing the radiances and luminances in the reflected and transmitted modes respectively. The efficiency of a double layer of Y2O3:Eu on top of ZnO:Zn at high electron energy is significantly larger than the efficiency of a corresponding layer in which the two components are mixed. This result is interpreted in terms of the penetration-model, which predicts a larger efficiency for a high-voltage phosphor on top of a low-voltage phosphor. When a layer of the low-voltage phosphor ZnO:Zn is on top of the high-voltage phosphor Y2O3:Eu, we also observe a higher efficiency than that of the corresponding layer with both components mixed. In this case the efficiency increases due to suppression of charging in the Y2O3:Eu layer. Double layers of ZnO:Zn and Y2O2S:Eu did not show enhanced efficiency, because the size of the Y2O2S:Eu particles was too large to evoke the penetration effect.
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Cathodoluminescence studies of phosphors in a scanning electron microscope
Cathodoluminescence studies are reported of phosphors in a field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). A number of phosphor materials have been studied and exhibited a pronounced comet-like structure at high scan rates, because the particle continued to emit light after the beam had moved onto subsequent pixels. Image analysis has been used to study the loss of brightness along the tail and hence to determine the decay time of the materials. This technique provides a simple and convenient way to study the decay times of individual particles
Differential cross section analysis in kaon photoproduction using associated legendre polynomials
Angular distributions of differential cross sections from the latest CLAS
data sets \cite{bradford}, for the reaction have been analyzed using associated Legendre polynomials. This
analysis is based upon theoretical calculations in Ref. \cite{fasano} where all
sixteen observables in kaon photoproduction can be classified into four
Legendre classes. Each observable can be described by an expansion of
associated Legendre polynomial functions. One of the questions to be addressed
is how many associated Legendre polynomials are required to describe the data.
In this preliminary analysis, we used data models with different numbers of
associated Legendre polynomials. We then compared these models by calculating
posterior probabilities of the models. We found that the CLAS data set needs no
more than four associated Legendre polynomials to describe the differential
cross section data. In addition, we also show the extracted coefficients of the
best model.Comment: Talk given at APFB08, Depok, Indonesia, August, 19-23, 200
Statistical Properties of Interacting Bose Gases in Quasi-2D Harmonic Traps
The analytical probability distribution of the quasi-2D (and purely 2D) ideal
and interacting Bose gas are investigated by using a canonical ensemble
approach. Using the analytical probability distribution of the condensate, the
statistical properties such as the mean occupation number and particle number
fluctuations of the condensate are calculated. Researches show that there is a
continuous crossover of the statistical properties from a quasi-2D to a purely
2D ideal or interacting gases. Different from the case of a 3D Bose gas, the
interaction between atoms changes in a deep way the nature of the particle
number fluctuations.Comment: RevTex, 10pages, 4 figures, E-mail: [email protected]
Resolving asymmetries along the pulsation cycle of the Mira star X Hya
The mass-loss process in Mira stars probably occurs in an asymmetric way
where dust can form in inhomogeneous circumstellar molecular clumps. Following
asymmetries along the pulsation cycle can give us clues about these mass-loss
processes. We imaged the Mira star X Hya and its environnement at different
epochs to follow the evolution of the morphology in the continuum and in the
molecular bands. We observed X Hya with AMBER in J-H-K at low resolution at two
epochs. We modelled squared visibilities with geometrical and physical models.
We also present imaging reconstruction results obtained with MiRA and based on
the physical a priori images. We report on the angular scale change of X Hya
between the two epochs. 1D CODEX profiles allowed us to understand and model
the spectral variation of squared visibilities and constrain the stellar
parameters. Reconstructed model-dependent images enabled us to reproduce
closure phase signals and the azimuthal dependence of squared visibilities.
They show evidence for material inhomogeneities located in the immediate
environment of the star.Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A, 17 pages, 16 figure
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Photoluminescence Study of Symmetry-Related Transitions in the Spectrum of Y2O3:Tb3+
Herein we describe the results of a study on the photoluminescence of cubic nanosized Y2O3:Tb3+. These results confirm our earlier conclusions based on cathodoluminescence about the energy flow from excited Tb3+ in a S6 lattice site to Tb3+ in a C2 sit
The Keck Aperture Masking Experiment: spectro-interferometry of 3 Mira Variables from 1.1 to 3.8 microns
We present results from a spectro-interferometric study of the Miras o Cet, R
Leo and W Hya obtained with the Keck Aperture Masking Experiment from 1998 Sep
to 2002 Jul. The spectrally dispersed visibility data permit fitting with
circularly symmetric brightness profiles such as a simple uniform disk. The
stellar angular diameter obtained over up to ~ 450 spectral channels spaning
the region 1.1-3.8 microns is presented. Use of a simple uniform disk
brightness model facilitates comparison between epochs and with existing data
and theoretical models. Strong size variations with wavelength were recorded
for all stars, probing zones of H2O, CO, OH, and dust formation. Comparison
with contemporaneous spectra extracted from our data show a strong
anti-correlation between the observed angular diameter and flux. These
variations consolidate the notion of a complex stellar atmosphere consisting of
molecular shells with time-dependent densities and temperatures. Our findings
are compared with existing data and pulsation models. The models were found to
reproduce the functional form of the wavelength vs. angular diameter curve
well, although some departures are noted in the 2.8-3.5 micron range.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figures Accepted to Ap
The radius and mass of the subgiant star bet Hyi from interferometry and asteroseismology
We have used the Sydney University Stellar Interferometer (SUSI) to measure
the angular diameter of beta Hydri. This star is a nearby G2 subgiant whose
mean density was recently measured with high precision using asteroseismology.
We determine the radius and effective temperature of the star to be
1.814+/-0.017 R_sun (0.9%) and 5872+/-44 K (0.7%) respectively. By combining
this value with the mean density, as estimated from asteroseismology, we make a
direct estimate of the stellar mass. We find a value of 1.07+/-0.03 M_sun
(2.8%), which agrees with published estimates based on fitting in the H-R
diagram, but has much higher precision. These results place valuable
constraints on theoretical models of beta Hyi and its oscillation frequencies.Comment: 3 figures, 3 tables, to appear in MNRAS Letter
Discovery of spatial periodicities in a coronal loop using automated edge-tracking algorithms
A new method for automated coronal loop tracking, in both spatial and temporal domains, is presented. Applying this technique to TRACE data, obtained using the 171 Ã… filter on 1998 July 14, we detect a coronal loop undergoing a 270 s kink-mode oscillation, as previously found by Aschwanden et al. However, we also detect flare-induced, and previously unnoticed, spatial periodicities on a scale of 3500 km, which occur along the coronal loop edge. Furthermore, we establish a reduction in oscillatory power for these spatial periodicities of 45% over a 222 s interval. We relate the reduction in detected oscillatory power to the physical damping of these loop-top oscillations
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