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Ultratransparent glass ceramics activated with thulium and erbium ions were fabricated. The precursor oxyfluoride glass was 32SiO2 · 9AlO1.5 · 31.5CdF2 · 18.5PbF2 · 5.5ZnF2 · 3.5ReO1.5 with Re = Tm or Er. Upon heat treatment, Er3+ and Tm3+ nucleate the growth of nanocrystalline β-PbF2, which acts as a host for rare-earth ions. The spectroscopic properties of the thulium and erbium ions, studied via UV-VIS-NIR absorption and luminescence spectroscopy, show that most of the active ions are embedded in the crystalline phase. From the absorption measurement, we extracted the cross sections of Tm3+ ions embedded in the crystalline and glassy phases. The comparison between the experimental lifetimes before and after thermal treatment gave as a result that the ceramming process increases the quantum efficiency of the Tm3+ electronic transitions. In the case of Er3+-activated glass ceramics, the 4 I 13/2 ⇄ 4 I 15/2 telecom transition broadens and flattens.
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Tosello, C., Montagna, M., Mattarelli, M. et al. Er3+- and Tm3+-Containing Ultra-Transparent Oxyfluoride-Based Glass Ceramics for Wavelength Division Multiplexing Optical Amplifiers. Glass Phys Chem 31, 377–381 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10720-005-0072-2
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