Quantitative description of yttrium aluminate ceramic composition by means of Er +3 microluminescence spectrum

VIDELA, F.A.; TEJERINA, M.R.; MOREIRA-OSORIO, L.; CONCONI, M.S.; ORZI, D.J.O.; FLORES, T.; PONCE, L.V.; BILMES, G.M.; TORCHIA, G.A.

OPTICAL MATERIALS

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Año: 2018 vol. 79 p. 78 - 83

0925-3467

The composition of erbium-doped yttrium aluminate ceramics was analyzed by means of confocal luminescence spectroscopy, EDX, and X-ray diffraction. A well-defined linear correlation was found between a proposed estimator computed from the luminescence spectrum and the proportion of ceramic phases coexisting in different samples. This result shows the feasibility of using erbium luminescence spectroscopy to perform a quantitative determination of different phases of yttrium aluminates within a micrometric region in nanograined ceramics.