Spectroscopic properties and mechanism of Tm3+/Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped oxyfluorogermanate glass ceramics containing BaF2 nanocrystals

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/23/2/024205

Abstract Transparent Tm³⁺/Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ co-doped oxyfluorogermanate glass ceramics containing BaF₂ nanocrystals are prepared. Under excitation of a 980-nm laser diode (LD), compared with the glass before heat treatment, the Tm³⁺/Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ co-doped oxyfluorogermanate glass ceramics can emit intense blue, green and red up-conversion luminescence and Stark-split peaks; X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscope (TEM) results show that BaF₂ nanocrystals with an average diameter of 20 nm are precipitated from the glass matrix. Stark splitting of the up-conversion luminescence peaks in the glass ceramics indicates that Tm³⁺, Er³⁺ and (or) Yb³⁺ ions are incorporated into the BaF₂ nanocrystals. The up-conversion luminescence intensities of Tm³⁺, Er³⁺ and the splitting degree of luminescence peaks in the glass ceramics increase significantly with the increase of heat treat temperature and heat treat time extension. In addition, the possible energy transfer process between rare earth ions and the up-conversion luminescence mechanism are also proposed.

Keywords: up-conversion luminescence oxyfluorogermanate glass ceramic Tm³⁺/Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ co-doped energy transfer

Received: 08 April 2013
Revised: 27 April 2013
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42.70.-a

(Optical materials)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61265004 and 51272097) and the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 20125314120018).

Corresponding Authors: Qiu Jian-Bei
E-mail: qiu@kmust.edu.cn

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Hu Yue-Bo (胡曰博), Qiu Jian-Bei (邱建备), Zhou Da-Cheng (周大成), Song Zhi-Guo (宋志国), Yang Zheng-Wen (杨正文), Wang Rong-Fei (王荣飞), Jiao Qing (焦清), Zhou Da-Li (周大利) Spectroscopic properties and mechanism of Tm³⁺/Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ co-doped oxyfluorogermanate glass ceramics containing BaF₂ nanocrystals 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 024205

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