Photo-induced phenomena in SrTiO3

When different SrTiO3 single crystals are irradiated at room temperature with a continuous wave 325 nm laser light in an evacuated specimen chamber, their luminescence increase in intensity, creating a broad visible luminescence band centred at about 2.4 eV. Then, introducing oxygen gas into the spe...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2005-01, Vol.21 (1), p.142
Main Authors: Fujishiro, Fumito, Mochizuki, Shosuke
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chambers
Continuous radiation
Crystal defects
Crystals
Excitons
Lasers
Light irradiation
Luminescence
Luminous intensity
Photoluminescence
Physics
Room temperature
Single crystals
Strontium titanates
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Summary:When different SrTiO3 single crystals are irradiated at room temperature with a continuous wave 325 nm laser light in an evacuated specimen chamber, their luminescence increase in intensity, creating a broad visible luminescence band centred at about 2.4 eV. Then, introducing oxygen gas into the specimen chamber, the photoluminescence spectra return reversibly to the original weak luminescence with the same laser light irradiation. After removing the laser light irradiation, each photoluminescent state is stored for a long time at room temperature under room light, regardless of any changes of atmosphere. Such photoinduced spectral change has been also observed at different temperatures from 6 K to room temperature. The observed phenomenon is explained by the photo-induced oxygen defect at the surfaces of SrTiO3 crystal. The observed photo-induced optical phenomena are discussed in the light of both the crystal defect chemistry of SrTiO3 and the exciton theory.
ISSN:1742-6596
1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/21/1/023