Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10128407 | Optical Materials | 2018 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The complex dielectric function, the Er3+ Stokes emission at â1540â¯nm and the upconversion photoluminescence at â990â¯nm of pulsed-laser deposited thin-film GeGaSbS:Er3+ are studied. The linear-refractive-index dispersion is obtained by fitting spectroscopic ellipsometry data to the Sellmeier and the Cody-Lorentz parametrizations. The former model is used to calculate nonlinear refractive index. The Stokes emission intensity at â1540â¯nm, originating from the Er3+: 4I13/2â¯ââ¯4I15/2 transition under a 980â¯nm pumping, diminishes with increasing refractive index and decreasing optical-bandgap energy of the films. An attempt to relate differences in the optical and photoluminescence properties to the atomic structure elucidated from Raman spectra analysis is presented. The emission probability is highest for the structure with the lowest fraction of (semi)metallic bonds, the highest content of homonuclear S-S bonds and the lowest Ge/S ratio. In such a film, the clustering of Er3+ ions, which is responsible for the intensity weakening, is suppressed. The film shows â990â¯nm upconversion photoluminescence originating from the Er3+: 4I11/2â¯ââ¯4I15/2 transition under a 1550â¯nm excitation. The upconversion peak shape resembles that of the compositionally and structurally similar bulk glass.
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Authors
Lukas Strizik, Spyros N. Yannopoulos, Vasiliki Benekou, Jiri Oswald, Martin Pavlista, Vit Prokop, Tomas Wagner, Jiri Orava,