Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5403438 | Journal of Luminescence | 2008 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Intense 1.8 μm and efficient 1.48 μm infrared emissions have been recorded in Tm3+-doped alkali-barium-bismuth-gallate (LKBBG) glasses with low phonon energies under the excitation of 792 nm diode laser. The maximum emission cross-sections for 1.8 and 1.48 μm emission bands are derived to be 6.26Ã10â21 and 3.34Ã10â21 cm2, respectively, and the peak values are much higher than those in Tm3+-doped ZBLAN glass. In low-concentration doping, the full-widths at half-maximum (FWHMs) of the two emission bands are 223 and 122 nm, and the quantum efficiencies of the 3F4 and 3H4 levels are proved to be â¼100% and 86%, respectively. When the doping concentration increases to 1 wt%, the quantum efficiency of the 3H4 level is reduced to 60% due to the cross-relaxation processes in high-concentration doping. Efficient 1.8 μm infrared emission in Er3+/Tm3+-codoped LKBBG glass has also been achieved under the excitation of 970 nm diode laser, and the probability and the efficiency of non-radiative energy transfer from Er3+ to Tm3+ are as high as 354 sâ1 and 58.4%, respectively. Efficient and broad 1.8 and 1.48 μm infrared emission bands indicate that Tm3+-doped LKBBG glasses are suitable materials in developing S- and U-band amplifiers and 1.8 μm infrared laser.
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Authors
H. Lin, X.Y. Wang, C.M. Li, H.X. Yang, E.Y.B. Pun, S. Tanabe,