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Chinese Physics, 2005, Vol. 14(6): 1250-1254    DOI: 10.1088/1009-1963/14/6/034
CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES Prev   Next  

Spectroscopic properties and thermal stability of Er3+/Yb3+-codoped fluorophosphate glasses

Li Tao (李涛)a, Zhang Qin-Yuan (张勤远)a, Zhao Chun (赵纯)a, Feng Zhou-Ming (冯洲明)a, Shi Dong-Mei (石冬梅)a, Deng Zai-De (邓再德)a, Jiang Zhong-Hong (姜中宏)b
a Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South of China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640; b Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South of China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640;Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
Abstract  A comprehensive study on the thermal stability and spectroscopic properties of Er3+/Yb3+-codoped Al(PO3)3-based fluorophosphate glasses have been reported for 1.5-mm fiber amplifiers in this paper. From optical absorption spectra, the Judd-Ofelt parameters of Er3+ in the glasses and then several important optical properties, i.e., the radiative transition probability, the branching ratio and the spontaneous emission probability, have been calculated by Judd-Ofelt theory. The fluorophosphate glass exhibits broadband near-infrared emission at 1.53 mm with a full width at half-maximum over 63 nm, and a large calculated stimulated-emission cross-section of 6.85×10-21 cm2.
Keywords:  Fluorophosphate glasses      Judd-Ofelt parameters      Spectroscopic properties.  
Received:  05 November 2004      Revised:  18 January 2005      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  78.30.Ly (Disordered solids)  
  78.55.Qr (Amorphous materials; glasses and other disordered solids)  
  78.45.+h (Stimulated emission)  
Fund: Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (50472053), Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Prov. (04020036) and Science & technology Program of Guangzhou, Guangdong Prov. (2004Z2-D0131).

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Li Tao (李涛), Zhang Qin-Yuan (张勤远), Zhao Chun (赵纯), Feng Zhou-Ming (冯洲明), Shi Dong-Mei (石冬梅), Deng Zai-De (邓再德), Jiang Zhong-Hong (姜中宏) Spectroscopic properties and thermal stability of Er3+/Yb3+-codoped fluorophosphate glasses 2005 Chinese Physics 14 1250

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