Computer simulation of the photoluminescence of nanostructured aluminum oxide excited with pulsed synchrotron radiation

Abstract

An algorithm and a program are developed to calculate the photoluminescence (PL) parameters for bulk single-crystal and nanoscale dielectrics excited with pulsed synchrotron radiation. The luminescence spectra of F and F+centers and the PL decay kinetics in single-crystal and nanoscale aluminum-oxide samples containing oxygen anion vacancies are calculated for various nanoparticle sizes. It is shown that a noticeable broadening of the bands and a decrease in the afterglow time is observed for nanoparticle sizes that are less than 20 nm. © 2013 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.