Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1485448 | Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids | 2007 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
By exciting with synchrotron radiation in the 4-10Â eV range the emission properties of sol-gel synthesized porous silica at room temperature and at 8Â K are investigated. The modifications of the ultraviolet emission in the range 3.7-4.2Â eV excited at different energies (5.64, 6.20, 6.53, and 6.89Â eV) support the hypothesis of the contribution of two emitting centers. In particular the two emissions are spectrally resolved when exciting at 5.64Â eV and a blue shift of the emission peak is reported as the excitation energy increases. The analysis of the decay times indicates that the two centers are temporally resolved with the 5.64Â eV excitation both at room temperature and at 8Â K and allows to estimate lifetimes of about 3 and 18Â ns. When exciting at 6.53Â eV, the larger relative contribution of the 4.0Â eV band does not allow to efficiently resolve the two decay times and the estimated life time of the 3.8Â eV band is shortened.
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Authors
C.M. Carbonaro, D. Chiriu, R. Corpino, P.C. Ricci, A. Anedda,