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Improvement of thermal and spectroscopic behavior of Er3+/Ce3+ co-doped tellurite glass for lasing materials

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Tellurite glasses (TeO2–ZnO–Nb2O5) mono-doped Er3+ and co-doped Er3+/Ce3+ have been prepared using the melt-quenching technique. To evaluate the effect of Ce3+ on the structural, thermal stability of glass hosts and fluorescence properties of Er3+, X-ray diffraction patterns, Ftir spectra, differential scanning calorimeter curves, absorption spectra, fluorescence emission spectra, fluorescence lifetimes, up-conversion emission spectra of glass samples were measured and investigated. Using Judd–Ofelt theory, we calculated intensity parameters (Ω2, Ω4 and Ω6), spontaneous emission probabilities, the radiative lifetime, luminescence branching factors and the quantum yield of luminescence for 4I13/2 → 4I15/2 transition. The co-doping with Ce3+ was effective on the suppression of up-conversion emission of Er3+ owing to the phonon-assisted energy transfer: Er3+:4I11/2 + Ce3+:2F5/2 → Er3+:4I13/2 + Ce3+:2F7/2 which contributed the effective enhancement of 1.53 µm fluorescence emission. The change in optical properties with the addition of Ce3+ ions have been discussed and compared with other glasses. Using the Mc Cumber method for the 4I13/2 → 4I15/2 transition, absorption cross-section, calculated emission cross-section, and gain cross-section values support that TZNEr1Ce1 glass is a potential material for developing broad-band and high-gain erbium-doped fiber amplifiers applied for 1.53 µm.

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Stambouli, W., Elhouichet, H. Improvement of thermal and spectroscopic behavior of Er3+/Ce3+ co-doped tellurite glass for lasing materials. Opt Quant Electron 49, 254 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-017-1089-1

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