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Surface-Enhanced Fluorescence of Erbium Ions on Copper Nanoparticles Containing Tellurite Glasses

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A novel erbium-doped tellurite glass containing copper nanoparticles (CuNP) prepared by a melting-quenching method is reported. The efficient coupling between CuNP and Er3+ ions rendered a strong emission enhancement, reaching maximum values on the order of 10 times for the intensity of the 4I9/2 →4I15/2 and 2H11/2 →4I13/2 transitions, at 794 nm and 805 nm, respectively. The energy transfer mechanism of the coupling between CuNP dipoles and Er3+ ions was also discussed.

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The authors thank Dr. Sérgio Rodrigues Tavares Filho.

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This work was financially supported by CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior; #88882.315335/2019-01), CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) and FAPEMIG (Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais), Brazilian funding agencies.

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  1. Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil

    Tamires Martinhão Machado, Gustavo F. S. Andrade & Maurício Antonio Pereira da Silva

  2. Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil

    Rodrigo Ferreira Falci & Maria José Valenzuela Bell

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Machado, T.M., Falci, R.F., Andrade, G.F.S. et al. Surface-Enhanced Fluorescence of Erbium Ions on Copper Nanoparticles Containing Tellurite Glasses. Plasmonics 16, 139–145 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-020-01266-9

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