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Effective improvement of 2.0-µm and 4.1-µm mid-infrared emission in Tm3+/Ho3+-co-doped tellurite glasses

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Tm3+/Ho3+-co-doped tellurite glasses were fabricated by employing the high-temperature melting technology to achieve intense mid-infrared emission. X-ray diffractometer (XRD) figure proved the amorphous structure of the prepared specimens. The measured parameter ΔT (136 °C) > 120 °C indicates that the prepared tellurite glass specimen held the better thermal stability and crystallization resistance. By the 808-nm LD pumping, intense 1.8-µm fluorescence were obtained in Tm3+-single-doped tellurite glasses and strong 2.0-µm and 4.1-µm mid-infrared emission were also obtained in Tm3+/Ho3+-co-doped tellurite glasses, besides broadband mid-infrared fluorescence intensity was evidently enhanced with the appropriate Ho3+ concentration. For further research mid-infrared fluorescence properties of the prepared glasses, the energy transfer process between Ho3+ and Tm3+ ions were in detail discussed according to the suppression and enhancement of the fluorescence intensity under the different Ho3+ ion-doped concentration. Results indicated that the Tm3+/Ho3+-co-doped tellurite glasses had brilliant fluorescence performance, which might be ideal host material for ultra-broadband mid-infrared laser.

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This work is supported by the Shanghai Sailing Program from Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai (No. 21YF1416200).

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Zhang, C., Zhang, C. & Lai, S. Effective improvement of 2.0-µm and 4.1-µm mid-infrared emission in Tm3+/Ho3+-co-doped tellurite glasses. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 21864–21873 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08973-5

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