ELECTRON-PARAMAGNETIC-RESONANCE AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE STUDIES OF CHROMIUM IN SRS

Isotropic features with hyperfine structures in electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of SrS powder phosphors, which reflect the abundance of the natural Cr isotopes, are attributed to the isolated Cr impurit y. The isotropy, which is typical for a (4)A(2) ground state of a 3d(3 ) ion in an octahedral crystal field, and the g value of 1.9795 verify that Cr is observed in its charged donor state Cr3+. Th, observation of a broad photoluminescence band with a maximum at 900 nm, which can be attributed to an internal Cr3+ transition, supports the identificat ion of the impurity as Cr3+ (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics. [S 0003-6951(98)03410-X].