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Title: Intense 1.6 μm fluorescence of Nd{sup 3+} doped cadmium bismuth silicate glasses

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4872723· OSTI ID:22271012
 [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Physics, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal, Sonepat-131093, Haryana (India)
  2. Department of Applied Science and Humanities, Rawal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Fridabad-121006, Haryana (India)

In this work, Judd-Ofelt analysis is applied to rare-earth (RE = Nd{sup 3+}) doped cadmium bismuth silicate (20CdO⋅xSiO{sub 2}⋅(79.5−x)Bi{sub 2}O{sub 3}⋅0.5Nd{sub 2}O{sub 3} (CSBN)) glasses in order to evaluate their potential as well as both glass laser systems and optical materials. The phenomenological Judd-Ofelt parameters (Ω{sub 2}, Ω{sub 4}, Ω{sub 6}) are determined for RE ions with their quality factors and compared with the equivalent parameters for several other hosts. The calculated value of stimulated emission cross-section for {sup 4}F{sub 3/2}→{sup 4}I{sub 11/2} has high and varies 14.72×10{sup −20} to 9.66×10{sup −20} cm{sup 2} with Bi{sub 2}O{sub 3} content in the host glass. The results point out that the glass system is good candidate for the development of photonics devices which are operating near infrared spectral range. Further, the FTIR results reveal that the glasses have BiO{sub 6}, SiO{sub 4} and non-bridging oxygen as local structure.

OSTI ID:
22271012
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1591, Issue 1; Conference: 58. DAE solid state physics symposium 2013, Patiala, Punjab (India), 17-21 Dec 2013; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English