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Energy transfer, optical and luminescent properties in Tm3+/Tb3+/Sm3+ tri-doped borate glasses

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Tm3+/Tb3+/Sm3+ tri-doped transparent borate glasses were successfully synthesized via melt quenching technique, and the optical and luminescent properties were characterized by photoluminescence excitation, photoluminescence spectra, absorption spectra, decay time and chromaticity coordinates. The energy transfer of Tm3+, Tb3+ → Sm3+ in Tm3+/Tb3+/Sm3+ co-doped glass samples was demonstrated. The chromaticity coordinate (x = 0.3339, y = 0.3241) and color correlate temperature (CCT = 5420.73 K) close to the standard white light (x = 0.3333, y = 0.3333 and CCT = 5454.12 K) could be achieved in 0.4Tm3+/1.0 Tb3+/0.8Sm3+ (mol %) tri-doped glass sample. It is expected that the investigated glasses may be a promising candidate for white-light-emitting diodes, luminescent materials and fluorescent display devices.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC No. 51362005), Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province (2013 GXNSFDA019026).

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    Le-qi Yao, Guo-hua Chen, Tao Yang, Chang-lai Yuan & Chang-rong Zhou

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Yao, Lq., Chen, Gh., Yang, T. et al. Energy transfer, optical and luminescent properties in Tm3+/Tb3+/Sm3+ tri-doped borate glasses. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 28, 553–558 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-016-5558-2

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