Infrared to visible up-conversion emission in Er3+/Yb 3+ codoped fluoro-phosphate glass-ceramics
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2013-03-01
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Ledemi, Yannick
Amraoui, Mohammed El
Ferrari, Jefferson L.
Fortin, Pier-Luc
Ribeiro, Sidney J.L. [UNESP]
Messaddeq, Younes [UNESP]
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Erbium Er3+ and ytterbium Yb3+ codoped fluoro-phosphate glasses belonging to the system NaPO3-YF 3-BaF2-CaF2 have been prepared by the classical melt-quenching technique. Glasses containing up to 10 wt% of erbium and ytterbium fluorides have been obtained and characterized using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and UV-visible and near-infrared spectroscopy. Transparent and homogeneous glass-ceramics have been then reproducibly synthetized by appropriate heat treatment above glass transition temperature of a selected parent glass. Structural investigations of the crystallization performed through X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have evidenced the formation of fluorite-type cubic crystals based during the devitrification process. Finally, infrared to visible up-conversion emission upon excitation at 975 nm has been studied on the Er3+ and Yb 3+ codoped glass-ceramics as a function of thermal treatment time. A large enhancement of intensity of the up-conversion emissions-about 150 times- has been observed in the glass-ceramics if compared to the parent glass one, suggesting an incorporation of the rare-earth ions (REI) into the crystalline phase. © 2012 The American Ceramic Society.
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Crystalline phase, Devitrification process, Infrared-to-visible, Melt quenching techniques, Rare earth ions, Structural investigation, Up-conversion emission, Ytterbium fluorides, Differential scanning calorimetry, Glass ceramics, Heat treatment, Scanning electron microscopy, X ray diffraction analysis, Ytterbium, Erbium
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Journal of the American Ceramic Society, v. 96, n. 3, p. 825-832, 2013.