β–normalGa2normalO3
, a native defect luminescent material with blue emission, was fabricated by annealing
β–normalGa2normalO3
powders under various
O2
partial pressures or in Ga metal atmosphere. Annealing under low
O2
partial pressure favors the photoluminescence (PL), which indicates that
VO×
should be one of the luminescence centers in this phosphor. Annealing in Ga metal atmosphere reduced the PL intensity, which indirectly suggests that
VGa×
or defect cluster
(VGa,VO)×
might be another luminescent center. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements verified the existence of single ionized oxygen vacancy
(VnormalObold∙)
. An EPR signal with
g=4.0468
and four hyperfine lines was observed, which is considered to be related to
Ga2+
and the hyperfine interaction parameter is
112G
. Furthermore, the correlations between PL intensity and the densities of
VO∙
as well as
Ga2+
were studied. At present, although we can not clarify whether
Ga2+
exists as
Gaibold∙bold∙
or
GaGa′
,
VO×
, and
Ga2+
may act as donors, whereas
VGa×
or
(VGa,VO)×
may act as accepters for the luminescence.