White emission from Tm3+/Tb3+/Eu3+ co-doped fluoride zirconate under ultraviolet excitation

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/23/11/114103

Abstract We synthesize Tm³⁺/Tb³⁺/Eu³⁺ triply-doped ZrF₄-BaF₂-LaF₃-AlF₃-NaF (ZBLAN) transparent glass by using a melt-quenching method. Under excitation of 365 nm, the white emission with Commission internationale deL'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.33, 0.33) is achieved at the Eu³⁺ concentration of 1.1 mol%. The mechanisms for white emission and the energy transfer process of Tb³⁺→Eu³⁺ are discussed in terms of the photoluminescence, photoluminescence excitation spectra, and the light emission decay curves. The nature for the Tb³⁺→Eu³⁺ energy transfer is described with the aid of an energy level diagram.

Keywords: white light emitting glass photoluminescence energy transfer process

Received: 02 April 2014
Revised: 06 May 2014
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PACS:	41.60.Dk	(Transition radiation)
	42.66.Ne	(Color vision: color detection, adaptation, and discrimination)
	42.70.Ce	(Glasses, quartz)
	78.55.-m	(Photoluminescence, properties and materials)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10904109, 60977035, and 60907021), the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City, China (Grant Nos. 10SYSYJC28100 and 11JCYBJC00300), and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2013AA014201).

Corresponding Authors: Li Lan
E-mail: lilan@tjut.edu.cn

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Sun Jian (孙健), Zhang Xiao-Song (张晓松), Yuan Lin-Lin (苑琳琳), Feng Zhi-Jun (冯志军), Ling Zhi (凌志), Li Lan (李岚) White emission from Tm³⁺/Tb³⁺/Eu³⁺ co-doped fluoride zirconate under ultraviolet excitation 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 114103

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