Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292464
