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Fluorescence and spectral hole burning properties of Eu3+ ions were studied in nanocrystals-precipitated SnO2-SiO2 glasses. The glasses were prepared to contain various amount of Eu2O3 using the sol-gel method, in which SnO2 nanocrystals were precipitated by heating in air. In the glasses containing Eu2O3 less than 1%, the Eu3+ ions were preferentially doped in the SnO2 nanocrystals and their fluorescence intensities were enhanced by the energy transfer due to the recombination of electrons and holes excited in SnO2 crystals. The SnO2 nanocrystals-precipitated glasses exhibited the persistent spectral holes with the depth of ∼25% of the total fluorescence intensities of the Eu3+ ions. With the increasing Eu2O3 concentration, the amount of SnO2 nanocrystals decreased and the Sn4+ ions formed the random glass structure together with the silica network. This structure change induced the fluorescence intensities and the hole depth to decrease.
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This research was partly supported by the NITECH 21st Century COE Program for Environment-Friendly Ceramics.
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Gueu, V., You, H., Hayakawa, T. et al. Eu3+-fluorescence properties in nano-crystallized SnO2-SiO2 glass-ceramics. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 41, 231–236 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-006-9004-4
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