<p>Lanthanides-doped luminescent materials have gathered considerable attention due to their application potential in stress sensing, lighting and display, anti-counterfeiting technology and so forth. However, existing materials mainly cover the 380–1540 nm range, with slight extension to the UV region, impeding their applications in solar-blind imaging, background-free tracking, concealed communication, etc. To address this challenge, here we propose guidelines for far-UVC (200–230 nm) optical design. Accordingly, we achieve multi-stimulated far-UVC luminescence at ~222 nm in Pr<sup>3+</sup>-doped SrF<sub>2</sub>, stemming from the inter-configurational 4f5d → 4f <sup>2</sup> transition of Pr<sup>3+</sup>. Besides Pr<sup>3+</sup>, the SrF<sub>2</sub> host shows high tolerance to Ce<sup>3+</sup>, Nd<sup>3+</sup>, Sm<sup>3+</sup>, Eu<sup>2+,3+</sup>, Gd<sup>3+</sup>, Tb<sup>3+</sup>, Dy<sup>3+</sup>, Ho<sup>3+</sup>, Er<sup>3+</sup>, Tm<sup>3+</sup> and Yb<sup>3+</sup>, vastly extending the emission wavelength across the entire spectral range from 200 to 1700 nm. Particularly, these materials exhibit self-recoverable mechanoluminescence by direct mechanical excitation, along with thermally and mechanically stimulated emission after X-ray irradiation. We demonstrate that these lanthanides-doped SrF<sub>2</sub> crystals offer unique opportunities for high-contrast marking and structural health monitoring in complex environments.</p>

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Multi-stimulated far-UVC luminescence for solar-blind imaging

  • Chongyang Cai,
  • Leipeng Li,
  • Xiaohuan Lv,
  • Huimin Li,
  • Tao Li,
  • Pei Li,
  • Wenting Zhao,
  • Lingzhu Zi,
  • Shiji Feng,
  • Xuan Fan,
  • Hailei Zhang,
  • Dengfeng Peng,
  • Feng Wang,
  • Jianrong Qiu,
  • Yanmin Yang

摘要

Lanthanides-doped luminescent materials have gathered considerable attention due to their application potential in stress sensing, lighting and display, anti-counterfeiting technology and so forth. However, existing materials mainly cover the 380–1540 nm range, with slight extension to the UV region, impeding their applications in solar-blind imaging, background-free tracking, concealed communication, etc. To address this challenge, here we propose guidelines for far-UVC (200–230 nm) optical design. Accordingly, we achieve multi-stimulated far-UVC luminescence at ~222 nm in Pr3+-doped SrF2, stemming from the inter-configurational 4f5d → 4f 2 transition of Pr3+. Besides Pr3+, the SrF2 host shows high tolerance to Ce3+, Nd3+, Sm3+, Eu2+,3+, Gd3+, Tb3+, Dy3+, Ho3+, Er3+, Tm3+ and Yb3+, vastly extending the emission wavelength across the entire spectral range from 200 to 1700 nm. Particularly, these materials exhibit self-recoverable mechanoluminescence by direct mechanical excitation, along with thermally and mechanically stimulated emission after X-ray irradiation. We demonstrate that these lanthanides-doped SrF2 crystals offer unique opportunities for high-contrast marking and structural health monitoring in complex environments.