Luminescence of long-term ordered pure and doped gallium phosphide

Evolution of luminescence is reported from GaP crystals that were grown over 40 years ago. This is the longest running cycle of experiments to study the temporal effects of crystal lattice and impurity ordering. The results clearly indicate impurity ordering and the formation of a new type of crystal lattice in which periodically disposed impurities modify and improve properties of the crystal. A high-density exciton system bound to a nitrogen impurity superlattice and GaP:N, GaP:N:Sm nanocrystals distributed in transparent fluorine-containing polymers will be used as the base elements for a new generation of optoelectronic devices