Bismuth-Germanate Glasses: Synthesis, Structure, Luminescence, and Crystallization

Laser-diode-excited intense luminescence and green-upconversion in erbium-doped bismuth-germanate-lead glasses.

We investigate the spectroscopic properties of the 1.5-microm emission from the (4)I(13/2)-->(4)I(15/2) transition of Er(3+) ions in bismuth-germanate-lead glasses for applications in broadband fiber amplifiers. The emission peak locates at 1532nm with a full width at half-maximum (FWHM) of approximately 65nm. The measured lifetime and the calculated emission cross-section of this transition ar...

Synthesis and Characterization of Lithium Borate Glasses Containing Bismuth

A lithium bismuth borate glass system is prepared by the conventional melt quenching technique. The Powder X-Ray diffraction analysis of the prepared samples confirms the amorphous nature of the samples. The density and molar volume studies report the change of structure with the increase of bismuth content. The FTIR analysis of the samples revealed that the network structure of the prepared sa...

Synthesis and luminescence of uniform europium- doped bismuth fluoride and bismuth oxyfluoride particles with different morphologies†

Luminescence Properties of TeO2-LiF-Gd2O3 Glasses

In this work, the structural properties and spectroscopic behavior 80 mol.%TeO2-20mol.%LiF glasses which were doped with 0. 05, 0. 2 mole% Gd2O3 have been studied. It was shown that,  by increasing the amount of Gd2O3 the glass stability was decreased. The PL emissions at 431nm and 627nm wavelengths were distinguished by 320nm excitation. The FT-IR analysis showed deformed TeO4 groups in these ...

Upconversion luminescence in Er-doped germanate-oxyfluoride and tellurium-germanate-oxyfluoride transparent glass-ceramics

Upconversion luminescence has been studied for Er in a germanate-oxyfluoride and a tellurium-germanate-oxyfluoride transparent glass-ceramic using 800 nm excitation. Significantly increased upconversion luminescence was observed from transparent glass-ceramics compared with that from their corresponding as-prepared glasses. In addition to a strong green emission centered at 545 nm from S3/2 sta...