Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1484395 Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 2005 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

Transparent nanostructured glasses were prepared from an oxy-fluoride precursor glass doped with rare-earth ions. Analysis of the local environment of rare-earth ions using site-selective and phonon sideband spectroscopies indicated that rare-earth ions were preferentially incorporated into β-PbF2 nanostructured crystals formed upon heat-treatment. Lifetimes of various energy levels and emission intensities in Tm3+ and Ho3+ ions increased with the formation of nanostructured crystals inside the glass matrix.

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