LUMINESCENCE OF Bi³⁺ and Eu²⁺ DOUBLE CENTERS DOPED IN CaS HOST

In this work, double-center.doped luminescent material CaS:Bi³⁺, Eu²⁺ was made via flux NH₄Cl by sintering in excess sulfur environment. The sample had a purplish red net luminescent color. Excitation spectra at both red, 650 nm and blue, 487 nrn were taken. The red emission from Eu²⁺ center was mainly come from the 4f⁶5d¹ absorption in the CaS host. The blue emission from the Bi³⁺ center on the other hand showed no big difference from the singly doped CaS:Bi³⁺ materials in excitation spectrum. Emission spectra were obtained at excitaton of 270nm and 300nm. Stokes shift was moved about 20-30nm, under different point excitation. Emission peaks of both Bi³⁺ and Eu²⁺ centers appeared at 463nm, 642.5nm by 270nm excitation and 487 nm, 620 nm by 300 nm excitation respectively. After-glow decay cures were also obtained and the shapes of decay curves are similar and it is due to the single hole-trap system by lattice defects.