Photoluminescence of pyrochlore phase in SrBi2Ta2O9 thin films

SrBi2Ta2O9 thin films were prepared by pulsed laser deposition at different substrate temperatures. Photoluminescence (PL) has been detected at room temperature from the pyrochlore phase in the SrBi2Ta2O9 film deposited at 850 °C. The PL shows five luminescence bands of 330, 365, 407, 490, and 600 nm. And the PL excitation shows six excitation bands of 278, 330, 365, 407, 490, and 600 nm. The one-to-one correspondence of PL and PL excitation spectra reveals a band-to-band excitation and a multienergy-gap structure in the pyrochlore phase in SrBi2Ta2O9 films.