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Influence of Yb doping on optical and upconversion photoluminescence properties of Yb-, Er-co-doped Y2O3 transparent ceramics prepared by SPS

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x% Yb-, 0.5% Er-co-doped Y2O3 transparent ceramics (x = 0, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0 and 10) were prepared by the spark plasma sintering, and then we evaluated the effect of Yb doping on optical and upconversion (UC) photoluminescence (PL) properties. Under an excitation at 380 nm, the sharp emission peaks appeared around 550 and 660 nm, and the quantum yield was approximately 2%. The PL decay curves monitoring around 550 nm were fitted by a single exponential decay function. The decay time constants were 0.03–0.11 ms, and the values were typical for the 4f → 4f transitions of Er3+. Regarding the UC PL properties, the sharp UC emission peaks around 550 and 660 nm were observed, and the UC emission intensity of 5.0% Yb-, 0.5% Er-co-doped Y2O3 transparent ceramic sample was the highest among the prepared samples. With increasing x, the chromaticity of UC emission color was tuned from green to red region. Regarding the UC PL decay curves, the rise time became slower as increasing x. This behavior is one of the evidence of energy transfer from Yb3+ to Er3+.

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This work was supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research A (17H01375), Scientific Research B (18H03468) and JSPS Research Fellow (19J22091) from JSPS. The Cooperative Research Project of Research Center for Biomedical Engineering, Iketani Foundation and Nippon Sheet Glass Foundation are also acknowledged.

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    Hiromi Kimura, Takumi Kato, Daisuke Nakauchi, Noriaki Kawaguchi & Takayuki Yanagida

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Kimura, H., Kato, T., Yamamoto, Si. et al. Influence of Yb doping on optical and upconversion photoluminescence properties of Yb-, Er-co-doped Y2O3 transparent ceramics prepared by SPS. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 6304–6311 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-05346-2

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