Investigations on spectroscopic properties of Dy3+ doped zinc telluro-fluoroborate glasses for laser and white LED applications

•The larger Ω2 indicates the covalence of Dy–O bond and higher asymmetry around the Dy3+ ion site.•Lower Urbach’s energy values indicate that, the studied glasses possess minimal defects.•The studied glasses emit bright white light under blue wavelength which is useful to develop W–LEDs.•Higher σPE, βR, σPE×λeff, values of 0.5DZTFB glass for 4F9/2 → 6H13/2 level could be useful for visible lasers.•The decay curves fitted to IH model for S = 6 indicates dipole–dipole interaction between Dy3+ ions.

A new series of Zinc telluro-fluoroborate glasses (ZTFB) doped with Dy3+ ions with the chemical composition (30−x) B2O3 + 30TeO2 + 16ZnO + 10ZnF2 + 7CaF2 + 7BaF2 + xDy2O3 (where x = 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1 and 2 in wt%) have been synthesized by the conventional melt quenching technique and the prepared glass samples were characterized through XRD, FTIR, UV-Vis-NIR optical absorption, photoluminescence and decay spectral measurements. The XRD patterns have been recorded to confirm the amorphous nature. The FTIR spectral measurements were carried out to identify the functional groups present in the title glasses. From the energy band positions of the absorption spectra, bonding parameters (β¯ and δ) have been calculated to identify the covalent/ionic nature of the metal-ligand bond present in the prepared glasses. The Judd-Ofelt (JO) intensity parameters Ωλ (λ = 2, 4 and 6) have been calculated from the oscillator strengths of the different absorption bands to understand the nature of the ligand environment around the Dy3+ ions. The radiative parameters such as transition probability (A), stimulated emission cross-section (σPE), radiative lifetime (τR) and branching ratios (βR) corresponding to the 4F9/2 → 6H15/2, 4F9/2 → 6H13/2, and 4F9/2 → 6H11/2 emission transitions have been determined using JO parameters and the refractive index values. The CIE chromaticity coordinates were calculated from the luminescence spectra to explore the dominant emission colour of the title glasses and the obtained results were discussed in detail and reported.

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