Optical properties and Judd–Ofelt analysis of Eu3+ activated calcium silicate

Eu3+ activated calcium silicate was synthesized in stoichiometric ratio using the co-precipitation technique. The phosphors were characterized using X-ray diffraction and photoluminescence technique. Based on Judd–Ofelt (J–O) analysis, the intensity parameters Ω2 and Ω4 were calculated from the emission spectra for various Europium concentrations. The determined values indicate higher hypersensitive behavior of the 5D0→7F2 transition of Eu3+ ions in the host matrix and a stronger covalency. Different radiative properties have been discussed as the function of Eu3+ concentration. The lifetime decay pattern recorded for these samples indicated single exponential behavior. The quantum efficiency has been calculated to be 62% from the emission spectrum and the fluorescence lifetime was found to be 2.9 ms.