Abstract

Micropowders of cubic boron nitride (cBN) doped with europium have been obtained by high-pressure synthesis. The photoluminescence (PL) of Eu³⁺ ions introduced into the crystal lattice of cBN has been investigated. It has been established from kinetic studies of the PL that the Eu³⁺ ions in cBN are located in two crystallographic positions with low symmetry of the crystal field. Annealing the cBN micropowders increases the number of crystallographic positions of Eu³⁺ in cBN to four, while electron irradiation causes the PL intensity of the Eu³ ions to increase as a consequence of energy transport from the RC luminescent radiation centers. It has been established that, in an optoelectronic device, the UV electroluminescence of the InGaN/AlGaN/GaN heterostructure excites red PL of the Eu:cBN phosphor.

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