2µm emission property in Tm-Ho co-doped fluorophosphate glasses

Author

Wang, Meng ; Yi, Lixia ; Zhang, Liyan ; Wang, Guonian ; Hu, Lili ; Zhang, Junjie

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Mater. Sci. & Technol. for High Power Lasers, Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shanghai, China

fYear

2009

fDate

30-3 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

2 mum emission spectra of Tm-Ho co-doped fluorophosphate glasses are measured and investigated. When doping 4 mol% TmF₃ and 1 mol%HoF₃, the most intense 2.0 mum emssion is achieved. Combining the energy transfer processes, the reason is discussed.

Keywords

aluminium compounds; barium compounds; calcium compounds; doping profiles; holmium compounds; lanthanum compounds; magnesium compounds; optical glass; phosphate glasses; photoluminescence; sodium compounds; strontium compounds; thulium compounds; Al(PO₃)₃-AlF₃-MgF₂-CaF₂-SrF₂-BaF₂-NaF-LaF₃-HoF₃-TmF₃; Tm-Ho codoped fluorophosphate glasses; Tm²⁺ ion optimization; Tm³⁺ ion optimization; concentration doping; emission spectra; energy transfer processes; wavelength 2.0 mum; Biomedical optical imaging; Doping; Energy exchange; Glass; Laser excitation; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Spectroscopy; Stimulated emission; Temperature; 2μm emission; Tm-Ho co-doped; fluorophosphate glass;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3829-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3830-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292464

Filename

5292464