Observation of intrinsic emission in β-BiNbO4 available for excitation of both UV light and high energy irradiation
2016 ◽
Vol 18
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pp. 23702-23708
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β-BiNbO4 shows photoluminescence and scintillation emission at room temperature. The excitation is from optical transitions from NbO67− groups and 6s(Bi)–4d(Nb) MMCT states; the intrinsic emission is from 3P1 → 1S0 transitions of Bi3+ ions under UV light and X-ray excitation.