Radiation defects in SrLaGa3O7 crystals doped with rare-earth elements

Abstract Influence of γ and proton exposures on the optical absorption and photoluminescence of SrLaGa3O7 (SLGO) single crystals doped with Nd, Dy and Pr was studied. We observed that color centers, which appeared after the irradiation, shift the short-wave absorption edge towards the longer wavelengths by a few hundreds nm. They are probably attributed to the Ga2+ centers which are formed according to the reaction Ga3+ + e− → Ga2+ with a spin of S= 1 2 , g||=1.9838(5) and g⊥=2.0453(5).