Optical properties of lithium magnesium borate glasses doped with Dy3+ and Sm3+ ions

Several studies showed the interesting properties of trivalent lanthanide ions when doped in various types of glasses. Optical and physical properties of lithium magnesium borate glasses doped with Dy3+ then with Sm3+ ions were determined by measuring their absorption and luminescence spectra in the visible region. The absorption spectra of Dy3+ showed eight absorption bands with hypersensitive transition at 1265 nm (6H15/2→6F11/2-6H9/2) and three PL emission bands at 588 nm (4F9/2→6H15/2), 660 nm (4F9/2→6H13/2) and 775 nm (4F9/2→6H11/2). Regarding the Sm3+, nine absorption bands were observed with hypersensitive transition at 1237 nm (6H5/2–6F7/2); the PL spectrum showed four prominent peaks at 4G5/2→6H5/2 (yellow color), 4G5/2→6H7/2 (bright orange color), 4G5/2→6H9/2 (orange reddish color) and 4G5/2→6H11/2 (red color), respectively. Finally, a series of physical parameters such as the oscillator strengths, refractive index, ions concentration, Polaron radius and other parameters were calculated for each dopant.