Optical properties of pure, Nd3+-doped and Pr3+-doped fluoroindate glasses

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...

Upconversion ultraviolet random lasing in Nd3+ doped fluoroindate glass powder.

An upconversion random laser (RL) operating in the ultraviolet is reported for Nd3+ doped fluoroindate glass powder pumped at 575 nm. The RL is obtained by the resonant excitation of the Nd3+ state 2G7/2 followed by energy transfer among two excited ions such that one ion in the pair decays to a lower energy state and the other is promoted to state 4D7/2 from where it decays emitting light at 3...

Microstructure and optical properties of Pr3+-doped hafnium silicate films

In this study, we report on the evolution of the microstructure and photoluminescence properties of Pr3+-doped hafnium silicate thin films as a function of annealing temperature (TA). The composition and microstructure of the films were characterized by means of Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, spectroscopic ellipsometry, Fourier transform infrared absorption, and X-ray diffraction, whil...

Optical spectroscopy of Er 3+ and Yb 3+ co-doped fluoroindate glasses