Compositional tuning of photoluminescence properties in Nd-doped YAG-YSGG mixed structures

Author

Anedda, Alberto ; Carbonaro, Carlo Maria ; Chiriu, Daniele ; Ricci, Pier Carlo ; Aburish-Hmidat, Mahmoud ; Guerini, Maurilio ; Lorrai, Pier Giorgio ; Fortin, Emery

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fisica, Univ. di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy

Volume

42

Issue

6

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

563

Lastpage

569

Abstract

The photoluminescence (PL) properties of neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet and yttrium scandium gallium garnet mixed structures were investigated as a function of the relative concentration of the two garnets. The blue shift of the emission bands in the 930-950-nm range is ascribed to compositional tuning effect. An analytical model to estimate the variation of the PL position as a function of the compositional host structure is proposed.

Keywords

neodymium; optical tuning; photoluminescence; scandium compounds; spectral line shift; yttrium compounds; 930 to 950 nm; Nd-doped YAG-YSGG mixed structures; YAG-YScGG:Nd; YAl5O12-YScGa5O12:Nd; blue shift; compositional host structure; compositional tuning; compositional tuning effect; emission bands; photoluminescence; yttrium aluminum garnet; yttrium scandium gallium garnet; Aluminum; Analytical models; Composite materials; Garnets; Laser tuning; Neodymium; Optical materials; Photoluminescence; Solid lasers; Yttrium; Compositional tuning; mixed garnet; photoluminescence; yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG); yttrium scandium gallium garnet (YSGG);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2006.874061

Filename

1632081