No CrossRef data available.
Article contents
Luminescence from Defects and Impurity Centers in Y2O3
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2011
Abstract
High-purity (99.999%) Y2O3 powder is used as a starting material for fabricating high-temperature superconductors (HTS), and is frequently found as an unreacted second phase in the final product. We have found that as-received Y2O3 contains Tb3+ paramagnetic impurity ions as determined by TSL and emission-spectra measurements. Deep luminescence traps (presumably Tb4+ ions) are formed in Y2O3 when it is exposed to frays, x rays, or fluorescent lights. These deep traps can only be removed by annealing the material to near 1600°C. Given the short coherence length of HTS it is possible that order-of-magnitude variations in the Tb impurity concentration of starting materials may affect the ultimate value of surface resistance (Rs).
- Type
- Research Article
- Information
- Copyright
- Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990