Artigo
1.5 mu m emission and infrared-to-visible frequency upconversion in Er+3/Yb+3-doped phosphoniobate glasses
Fecha
2006-09-15Registro en:
Journal of Non-crystalline Solids. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., v. 352, n. 32-35, p. 3636-3641, 2006.
0022-3093
10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2006.03.095
WOS:000240706000047
2998503841917815
6446047463034654
0000-0003-3286-9440
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
Resumen
Sodium phosphoniobate glasses with the composition (mol%) 75NaPO(3)-25Nb(2)O(5) and containing 2 mol% Yb3+ and x mol% Er3+ (0.01 <= x <= 2) were prepared using the conventional melting/casting process. Er3+ emission at 1.5 mu m and infrared-to-visible upconversion emission, upon excitation at 976 nm, are evaluated as a function of the Er3+ concentration. For the lowest Er3+ content, 1.5 mu m emission quantum efficiency was 90%. Increasing the Er3+ concentration up to 2 mol%, the emission quantum efficiency was observed to decrease to 37% due to concentration quenching. The green and red upconversion emission intensity ratio was studied as a function of Yb3+ co-doping and the Er3+-Er3+ energy transfer processes. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.