Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7900210 | Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids | 2018 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We report an experimental investigation focused on the green emission detected in γ-ray irradiated Bismuth-doped photonic crystal fibers. Our photoluminescence spectra, recorded at room temperature, provide evidence for the presence of two emission bands both located at ~ 530 nm (2.34 eV). One emission is detected only in the Bi-doped core while the other, is detected in the cladding. These two emissions feature different excitation spectra and a fast and a slow decay lifetime. The origin of the fast emission decay, about ten nanoseconds, is tentatively attributed to a silica intrinsic defect, whereas the slow component, having lifetime of about 2 μs and featuring anti-stokes emission, is certainly caused by Bi related defects.
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Authors
A. Alessi, D. Di Francesca, S. Girard, A. Morana, M. Bouazaoui, H. El Hamzaoui, G. Bouwmans, S. Agnello, M. Cannas, A. Boukenter, Y. Ouerdane,