Site‐selective fluorescence and spectroscopic properties of Yb‐doped lanthanum titanate glasses

Topper, Brian; Neumann, Alexander; Wilke, Stephen K.; Alrubkhi, Abdulrahman; Mafi, Arash; Weber, Richard

doi:10.1111/ijag.16664

Title: Site‐selective fluorescence and spectroscopic properties of Yb‐doped lanthanum titanate glasses

Journal Article · 17 April 2024 · International Journal of Applied Glass Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijag.16664 · OSTI ID:2338206

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Center for High Technology Materials University of New Mexico Albuquerque New Mexico USA
Materials Development, Inc. Evanston Illinois USA
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Kansas Lawrence Kansas USA

Abstract Ytterbium‐doped lanthanum titanate glasses were prepared by levitation melting for the detailed characterization of the spectroscopic properties in the rare‐earth titanate glass host. Low‐temperature fluorescence spectroscopy reveals distinct site‐selectivity in both static and lifetime fluorescence measurements suggesting an absence of clustering as well as significant variation of local ytterbium environments. Typical site‐selectivity behavior of a shrinking Stark manifold with lower excitation energy is observed. At 77 K, both the mean emission frequency and the fluorescence lifetime initially increase as the excitation energy decreases from about 11100 to 10750 and then slightly decrease at lower excitation energy. Temperature‐dependent lifetime measurements between 77 and 420 K show a decreasing lifetime with increasing temperature and are well described by a two‐level thermal activation model. The temperature‐dependent fluorescence spectroscopy coupled with a room temperature white light absorption measurement allow the determination of the Stark energy levels of in lanthanum titanate glass as well as the calculation of the laser cross‐sections.

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