Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 54, Issue 2, 0231003(2025)

Structure and Luminescence Properties in Tb3+ and Pr3+ Doped AlN Films

Hechen MENG1... Xuan LUO1, Xiaodan WANG1,*, Da XU1, Zhengdong SHU1, Xionghui ZENG2,**, Xiaodong GAO2, Shunan ZHENG2 and Hongmin MAO1 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Efficient Low-carbon Energy Conversion and Utilization of Jiangsu Provincial Higher Education Institutions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
  • 2Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China
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    Hechen MENG, Xuan LUO, Xiaodan WANG, Da XU, Zhengdong SHU, Xionghui ZENG, Xiaodong GAO, Shunan ZHENG, Hongmin MAO. Structure and Luminescence Properties in Tb3+ and Pr3+ Doped AlN Films[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2025, 54(2): 0231003

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    Received: Jul. 23, 2024

    Accepted: Sep. 9, 2024

    Published Online: Mar. 25, 2025

    The Author Email: WANG Xiaodan (xiaodanwang@mail.usts), ZENG Xionghui (xhzeng2007@sinano.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20255402.0231003

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