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A study of energy transfer from samarium to erbium ions in zinc phosphate glass has been performed for a range of donor (1.0 wt% fixed) and acceptor concentrations ranging from 0.2 wt% to 1.2 wt%. The intensity of emission spectra of Sm3+ ions in the presence of Er3+ ions shows an overall decrease, thereby suggesting a non radiative energy transfer from Sm3+ ions to Er3+ ions. The interaction mechanism between the donor and acceptor ions is found to be mainly electric dipole-dipole in nature. The parameters required for the quantitative study of energy transfer e.g. energy transfer efficiencies, transfer probabilities, critical transfer distances have been computed.
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Joshi, B.C., Khulbey, B., Upreti, D. et al. Energy transfer from Sm3+ to Er3+ in zinc phosphate glass. Indian J Phys 84, 405–412 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-010-0025-z
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