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Comparison of optical parameters and luminescence between Er{sup 3+}/Yb{sup 3+} codoped phosphate glass ceramics and precursor glasses

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3028268· OSTI ID:21179985
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  1. Photonics Center, College of Physical Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071 (China) and Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300457 (China)
  2. Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon (Hong Kong)
Er{sup 3+}/Yb{sup 3+} codoped transparent phosphate precursor glasses and glass ceramics have been fabricated and characterized. The formation of ErPO{sub 4} and YbPO{sub 4} nanocrystals was studied using x-ray diffraction. The intensity parameters, the spontaneous radiative transition probabilities, the branching ratios, and the radiative lifetimes of Er{sup 3+} in both glass ceramics and precursor glasses were calculated based on the Judd-Ofelt theory, and the crystallization process in the glass ceramics is confirmed by the optical parameters obtained. Under 975 nm wavelength excitation intense 1.54 {mu}m fluorescence and upconversion luminescence were observed in the glass ceramics, the quantum efficiency of the Er{sup 3+} {sup 4}I{sub 13/2}{yields}{sup 4}I{sub 15/2} transition is 95%, and the transition mechanisms of the upconversion luminescence are due to a two-photon process.
OSTI ID:
21179985
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 104; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English