Luminescent Properties and Thermometry of CaWO4:Nd3+ in Near Infrared Region
CaWO4: xNd3+ (x = 0.005, 0.008, 0.01, 0.015, 0.02, 0.025 0.03) powders have been synthesized by high-temperature solid state reaction. The results of the XRD indicate that Nd3+ ions have entered into the crystal lattice in all compounds successfully. The reflectance spectra show that the matrix has strong absorption. The emission spectra, excitation spectra and different lifetimes between CaWO4 and CaWO4: 0.5% Nd3+ indicate that efficient energy transfer occurs from WO42- cluster to Nd3+ ions. On the basis of the above work, the dependence of fluorescent spectra on temperature was studied. It turned out that, not only the excitation spectra appeared red shift with increasing temperature, but also the dependence of the near infrared fluorescent intensity on temperature is fitting with a linear function. It might be served as a promising phosphor for temperature sensor device.