比较 Pr3+ 和 Nd3+ 对钛酸镧玻璃中 Er3+: 4I13/2 电平的去活化作用

IF 2.8 3区 材料科学 Q3 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Optical Materials Express Pub Date : 2024-04-18 DOI:10.1364/ome.517790
Brian Topper, Alexander Neumann, Stephen K. Wilke, Randall E. Youngman, Abdulrahman Alrubkhi, and Richard Weber
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通过悬浮熔融法制备了钛酸镧铒玻璃,用于促进中红外荧光的光谱研究。制备了两个系列的重度掺铒玻璃(15 wt%),分别添加了相对于 Er3+ 为 0.05、0.1 和 0.2 的 Pr3+ 或 Nd3+。这两种离子都能淬灭较低的 Er3+ 激光电平,其中 Pr3+ 的淬灭速度更快。虽然高浓度的共掺杂剂能带来更高的能量转移,这一点在上转换和下转换荧光测量中得到了明确的证明,但中红外寿命也会缩短,因此必须在共掺杂剂浓度上取得平衡。寿命和光谱测量结果表明,在固定的相对共掺杂剂量下,Pr3+ 比 Nd3+ 更能有效消除 Er3+ 4I13/2 电平的瓶颈。此外,将寿命与单个离子的吸收数据一起考虑表明,尽管 Nd3+ 在 808 纳米波长有较大的吸收截面,但要产生比直接利用 976 纳米波长激发 Er3+ 更大的吸收功率所需的浓度,会导致中红外转变的寿命不利。最终,从对荧光寿命的影响以及潜在的激光系统设计考虑,Pr3+ 成为更优越的共掺杂剂。在一种独特的自掺杂方法中,Ar 而不是 O2 的还原熔融气氛产生了一小部分 Ti3+。在 5Er2O3-12La2O3-83TiO2 玻璃中,当寿命与 O2 熔体环境相比时,Ti3+ 的存在淬灭了 4I13/2 发射,是 4I11/2 的 2.6 倍。作为增加中红外发射的另一种方法,我们研究了温度在 77-300 K 之间对轻掺杂钛酸镧成分的中红外和近红外寿命的影响。中红外寿命增加了 30%,而近红外寿命增加了 10%,这表明除了共掺杂之外,增益介质的主动冷却将进一步提高性能。
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Comparing Pr3+ and Nd3+ for deactivating the Er3+: 4I13/2 level in lanthanum titanate glass
Erbium lanthanum titanate glasses were prepared by levitation melting for the spectroscopic study of ways to promote the mid-infrared fluorescence. Two series of heavily erbium doped glasses (15 wt%) were prepared with the addition of either Pr3+ or Nd3+ in amounts relative to Er3+ of 0.05, 0.1, and 0.2. Both ions quench the lower Er3+ laser level with the Pr3+ doing so more rapidly. Although high co-dopant concentrations result in higher energy transfer, as clearly evidenced in upconversion and downconversion fluorescence measurements, the mid-infrared lifetime also suffers a reduction and, therefore, a balance must be struck in the co-dopant concentration. Lifetime and spectral measurements indicate that, at a fixed relative co-dopant amount, Pr3+ is more effective than Nd3+ at removing the bottleneck of the Er3+ 4I13/2 level. Moreover, consideration of the lifetimes alongside the absorption data of the individual ions indicates that despite the large absorption cross-section of Nd3+ at 808 nm, the concentration needed to yield more absorbed power than utilizing direct 976 nm excitation of Er3+ results in unfavorable lifetimes of the mid-infrared transition. In the end, Pr3+ prevails as the superior co-dopant in terms of the effects on fluorescence lifetimes as well as potential laser system design considerations. In a unique self-doping approach, a reducing melt atmosphere of Ar instead of O2 creates a small fraction of Ti3+. In 5Er2O3-12La2O3-83TiO2 glass, the presence of Ti3+ quenches the 4I13/2 emission about 2.6 times more than the 4I11/2 when lifetimes are compared to an O2 melt environment. As an additional means of increasing the mid-infrared emission, the effect of temperature on the mid- and near- infrared lifetimes of a lightly doped lanthanum titanate composition is investigated between 77-300 K. The mid-infrared lifetime increases by ∼30% while the near-infrared lifetime increases by ∼10%, which suggests in addition to co-doping, active cooling of the gain media will further enhance performance.
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