Investigation of thermal stability and spectroscopic properties in Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped niobic tungsten tellurite glasses

A series of novel Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped 75TeO2–(25 − x)Nb2O5–xWO3 (TNW: x = 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 mol%) glasses have been prepared. Effect of WO3 on the thermal stability and spectroscopic properties of Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped niobic tellurite glasses have been investigated. With WO3 content increasing from 0 to 15 mol%, the fluorescence full width at half maximum (FWHM), the peak of stimulated emission cross-section (σepeak), the measured lifetime (τm), and quantum efficiency (η) change from 71 nm, 8.47 × 10−21 cm2, 2.86 ms, 84.1% to 76 nm, 7.22 × 10−21 cm2, 3.14 ms, 88.9%, respectively. The FWHM and σepeak of Er3+ ions in different glass hosts were compared; the obtained data reveals that this new TNW4 glass may be a potentially useful candidate material host for broadband amplifiers.