Optical properties of wide band gap doped materials : high pressure effects

ABSTRACT: The aim of this Thesis is the study of the optical properties of different oxide compounds doped with divalent transition metal ions (TM) such as Co (II) or trivalent rare-earth ions (RE) such as Pr (III) through different spectroscopic techniques: absorption, photoluminescence (PL), time...

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Autor: Renero Lecuna, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/8164
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/8164
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Spectroscopy
Photoluminescence
Excitation
Absorption
Raman
Reflectance
Nanoparticles
Nanowires
Thin films
Single crystal
ZnO
Sesquioxides
Rare earths
Transition metals
High pressure
Pressure-induced phase-transition
Espectroscopia
Fotoluminiscencia
Excitación
Absorción
Reflectancia
Nanopartículas
Nanohilos
Lámina delgada
Monocristal
Sesquióxidos
Tierras raras
Metales de transición
Alta presión
Transición de fase inducida por la presión
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Sumario:ABSTRACT: The aim of this Thesis is the study of the optical properties of different oxide compounds doped with divalent transition metal ions (TM) such as Co (II) or trivalent rare-earth ions (RE) such as Pr (III) through different spectroscopic techniques: absorption, photoluminescence (PL), time resolved spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, etc. The spectroscopic techniques will be used to study the pressure-induced phase-transition from wurtzite to rock-salt phase in the case of ZnO (Raman, absorption and PL spectroscopy) and from cubic to hexagonal phase in the sesquioxides (PL spectroscopy), using for the PL experiments the optically active ions as local probes to study the pressure-induced phase-transition. We will study the effects of the size and dimensionality in the pressure induced phase-transitions in the ZnO samples as well as study the magnetic properties of the Co2+-doped ZnO through such techniques. We will also employ high pressure techniques, needed to the proper assignment of the inter-electronic transitions in the ZnO: Co2+ and crucial to explain the absence of luminescence from the 3PJ (J = 0, 1, 2) multiplet in the Pr3+-doped sesquioxides.