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Chapter 16 Performance of Nd3+ As Structural Probe of Rare-Earth Distribution in Transparent Nanostructured Glass-Ceramics

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Nanostructured glass-ceramics obtained by the adequate heat treatment of a Nd3+-doped glass with composition SiO2-Al2O3-Na2O-LaF3 have been investigated by several techniques. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) show that the precipitated nanocrystals are LaF3 with a crystal size between 9 and 13 nm. Furthermore, energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis shows the incorporation of Nd3+ ions into the LaF3 nano-crystals. A detailed optical characterization clearly shows that Nd3+ ions in glass-ceramics are incorporated in both crystalline and amorphous phases. Steady-state and time-resolved site-selective laser spectroscopies allow to isolate unambiguously the emission of Nd3+ ions in LaF3 nanocrystals which shows extremely well defined spectra, similar to those obtained for pure LaF3 crystal.

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This work was supported by the Spanish Government MEC under Projects MAT2013-48246-C2-2-P and MAT2013-48246-C2-1-P and the University of the Basque Country PPG17/07.

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  1. Departamento de Física Aplicada I, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad del País Vasco UPV-EHU, Bilbao, Spain

    Rolindes Balda & Joaquín Fernández

  2. Materials Physics Center CSIC-UPV/EHU, San Sebastián, Spain

    Rolindes Balda & Joaquín Fernández

  3. Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

    Giulio Gorni, José J. Velázquez, María J. Pascual & Alicia Durán

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Balda, R., Gorni, G., Velázquez, J.J., Pascual, M.J., Durán, A., Fernández, J. (2018). Chapter 16 Performance of Nd3+ As Structural Probe of Rare-Earth Distribution in Transparent Nanostructured Glass-Ceramics. In: Di Bartolo, B., Silvestri, L., Cesaria, M., Collins, J. (eds) Quantum Nano-Photonics. NATO 2017. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1544-5_16

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