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Title: Broadband near-infrared emission from Tm{sup 3+}/Er{sup 3+} co-doped nanostructured glass ceramics

Abstract

Transparent SiO{sub 2}-Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}-NaF-YF{sub 3} glass ceramics co-doped with Er{sup 3+} and Tm{sup 3+} were prepared by melt quenching and subsequent heating. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy experiments revealed that {beta}-YF{sub 3} nanocrystals incorporated with Er{sup 3+} and Tm{sup 3+} were precipitated homogeneously among the oxide glass matrix. An integrated broad near-infrared emission band in the wavelength region of 1300-1700 nm, consisting of Tm{sup 3+} emissions around 1472 nm ({sup 3}H{sub 4}{yields}{sup 3}F{sub 4}) and 1626 nm ({sup 3}F{sub 4}{yields}{sup 3}H{sub 6}), and Er{sup 3+} emission around 1543 nm ({sup 4}I{sub 13/2}{yields}{sup 4}I{sub 15/2}), was obtained under 792 nm laser excitation. The full width at half maximum of this integrated band increased with the increasing of [Tm]/[Er] ratio, and it reached as large as 175 nm for the 0.1 mol% Er{sup 3+} and 0.8 mol% Tm{sup 3+} co-doped sample. The energy transfers between Er{sup 3+} and Tm{sup 3+} were proposed to play an important role in tailoring the emission bandwidth of the sample.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (China)
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20979412
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Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics; Journal Volume: 101; Journal Issue: 11; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2737395; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ALUMINIUM OXIDES; CERAMICS; DOPED MATERIALS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM IONS; GLASS; HEAT TREATMENTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPACITY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRECIPITATION; SILICON OXIDES; SODIUM FLUORIDES; THULIUM IONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; YTTRIUM FLUORIDES

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Chen Daqin, Wang Yuansheng, Bao Feng, and Yu Yunlong. Broadband near-infrared emission from Tm{sup 3+}/Er{sup 3+} co-doped nanostructured glass ceramics. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.1063/1.2737395.
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Chen Daqin, Wang Yuansheng, Bao Feng, & Yu Yunlong. Broadband near-infrared emission from Tm{sup 3+}/Er{sup 3+} co-doped nanostructured glass ceramics. United States. doi:10.1063/1.2737395.
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Chen Daqin, Wang Yuansheng, Bao Feng, and Yu Yunlong. Fri . "Broadband near-infrared emission from Tm{sup 3+}/Er{sup 3+} co-doped nanostructured glass ceramics". United States. doi:10.1063/1.2737395.
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@article{osti_20979412,
title = {Broadband near-infrared emission from Tm{sup 3+}/Er{sup 3+} co-doped nanostructured glass ceramics},
author = {Chen Daqin and Wang Yuansheng and Bao Feng and Yu Yunlong},
abstractNote = {Transparent SiO{sub 2}-Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}-NaF-YF{sub 3} glass ceramics co-doped with Er{sup 3+} and Tm{sup 3+} were prepared by melt quenching and subsequent heating. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy experiments revealed that {beta}-YF{sub 3} nanocrystals incorporated with Er{sup 3+} and Tm{sup 3+} were precipitated homogeneously among the oxide glass matrix. An integrated broad near-infrared emission band in the wavelength region of 1300-1700 nm, consisting of Tm{sup 3+} emissions around 1472 nm ({sup 3}H{sub 4}{yields}{sup 3}F{sub 4}) and 1626 nm ({sup 3}F{sub 4}{yields}{sup 3}H{sub 6}), and Er{sup 3+} emission around 1543 nm ({sup 4}I{sub 13/2}{yields}{sup 4}I{sub 15/2}), was obtained under 792 nm laser excitation. The full width at half maximum of this integrated band increased with the increasing of [Tm]/[Er] ratio, and it reached as large as 175 nm for the 0.1 mol% Er{sup 3+} and 0.8 mol% Tm{sup 3+} co-doped sample. The energy transfers between Er{sup 3+} and Tm{sup 3+} were proposed to play an important role in tailoring the emission bandwidth of the sample.},
doi = {10.1063/1.2737395},
journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
number = 11,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
}
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