Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1496427 Optical Materials 2008 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
In this work we discuss fluorescence properties in the visible spectral range of YAG planar waveguides highly doped with praseodymium ions. The unique set of active waveguides with dopant concentrations ranging from 0.35 up to 6 at.% enabled the investigation of dopant concentration influence on fluorescence properties. Careful spectroscopic characterization was performed, comprising concentration-dependent fluorescence spectra and fluorescence dynamics profiles of 3P0 and 1D2 emission under direct, one-photon excitation. In the result, the cross-relaxation constants were determined and the main mechanisms yielding to fluorescence concentration quenching were preliminarily proposed.
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