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Concentration quenched luminescence and energy transfer analysis of Nd3+ ion doped Ba-Al-metaphosphate laser glasses

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This paper reports the dopant ion (Nd3+) concentration effects on its luminescence properties in a new glass system based on barium-alumino-metaphosphates. Amongst the studied concentrations range of 0.276–13.31×1020 ions/cm3, the glass with 2.879×1020 ions/cm3 (1 mol%) Nd3+ concentration shows intense NIR emission from 4F3/2 excited state, followed by a decrease in emission intensity for further increase in Nd3+ ion concentration. The observed luminescence quenching is ascribed to Nd3+ self-quenching through the donor-donor migration assisted cross-relaxation mechanism. The microscopic energy transfer parameters for donor-acceptor energy transfer, C DA, and donor-donor energy migration, C DD, have been obtained from the theoretical fittings to experimental decay curves and the spectral overlap model respectively. The C DD parameters (×10−39 cm6/sec) are found to be about three orders greater than that of C DA (×10−42 cm6/sec) for Nd3+ self-quenching in this host, demonstrating that the excitation energy migration among donors is due to the hopping mechanism. The energy transfer micoparameters obtained in the present study are comparable to the values reported for commercially available laser glasses LHG-8 and Q-98.

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Sontakke, A.D., Biswas, K., Mandal, A.K. et al. Concentration quenched luminescence and energy transfer analysis of Nd3+ ion doped Ba-Al-metaphosphate laser glasses. Appl. Phys. B 101, 235–244 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-010-4010-1

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