Cathodoluminescent properties of rare-earthe-doped $SrGa_2S_4$ thin film phosphors excited with low energy electrons

The deposition of $SrGa_2S_4$ thin film phosphors doped with Ce or Eu aiming at application for FEDs has been carried out by a multi-source deposition technique. A $SrGa_2S_4$ phase was formed by annealing process and $SrGa_2S_4$ thin films which were deposited using a $Ga_2S_3/Sr$ flux ratio larger than 50 and annealed in $H_2$S showed luminance and luminous efficiency of about 1700 cd/$m^2$ and 2.95 lm/W, respectively, with (0.13, 0.10) chromaticity in the activation with Ce, and about 4000 cd/$m^2$ and 7.05 lm/W, respectively, with (0.36, 0.60) under excitation with 3 kV and 60A/$cm^2$. The results obtained this experiment demonstrate the potential of $SrGa_2S_4$ thin film phosphors for FED screens.