Spectroscopic properties of Nd3+-doped tungsten–tellurite glasses

Spectroscopic properties of lead fluoroborate glasses doped with ytterbium.

A new lead fluoroborate glass (PbO-PbF2-B2O3) doped with ytterbium (Yb:PbFB) is presented. Samples with different concentrations of Yb3+ were produced and had their emission cross-sections, fluorescence lifetimes and minimum pump intensities determined. They have high refractive index of 2.2 and a density of 4.4 g/cm3. For a doping level of 1.153x1020 ions/cm3, the fluorescence lifetime, after ...

Spectroscopic properties and upconversion mechanisms in Er3+-doped fluoroindate glasses.

Fluorindate glasses containing 1,2,3,4 ErF3 mol % were prepared in a dry box under argon atmosphere. Absorption, Stokes luminescence ~under visible and infrared excitation!, the dependence of S3/2, I11/2, and I13/2 lifetimes with Er concentration, and upconversion under Ti-saphire laser excitation at l5790 nm were measured, mostly at T577 and 300 K. The upconversion results in a strong green em...

Optical Basicity and Polarizability of Nd3+-Doped Bismuth Borate Glasses

This paper reports on different physical and optical properties of Nd3+-doped bismuth borate glasses. The glasses containing Nd3+ in (25 − x)Bi2O3:20Li2O:20ZnO:35B2O3:xNd2O3 (where x = 1, 1.5, 2 mol%) have been prepared by melt-quenching method. The amorphous nature of the glasses was confirmed by X-ray diffraction studies. The physical parameters like dielectric constant, refractive index, ion...

Growth, Structure, Thermal Properties and Spectroscopic Characteristics of Nd3+-Doped KGdP4O12 Crystal

A single crystal of Nd3+-doped KGdP4O12 was successfully grown with the top-seeded solution growth and slow cooling (TSSG-SC) technique. It crystallizes in space group C2/c with cell parameters a = 7.812(2) Å, b = 12.307(3) Å, c = 10.474(2) Å, β = 110.84(3)° and Z = 4. The IR and Raman spectra also indicated that the phosphoric polyhedra of Nd:KGdP4O12 has a cyclic symmetry. The chemical compos...

Optical properties of Nd3+ ions in fluorophosphate glasses