Photoluminescence of CaS:Pb Phosphors Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition

CaS:Pb thin film used as phosphor layer in electroluminescent devices were deposited by an atomic layer deposition (ALD). The photoluminescence emission and excitation spectra were measured at 5 and 300K for the $CaS:Pb^{2+}$ phosphors with different Pb concentration from 0.001 at.% to 0.648 at.%. The emission spectra of these samples were characterized as UV emission and blue emission with the center of peak around 360 and 425nm, respectively. The UV emission was dominant at the low $Pb^{2+}$ concentration of 0.001 at%, whereas with increase of Pb concentration, the blue emission became a major component and to longer wavelength.