Broadband near-infrared emission from transparent Ni2+-doped sodium aluminosilicate glass ceramics

  • Shi Feng Zhou
  • , Gao Feng Feng
  • , Shi Qing Xu
  • , Bo Tao Wu
  • , Jian Rong Qiu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Broadband near-infrared emission from transparent Ni2+-doped sodium aluminosilicate glass-ceramics is observed. The broad emission is centred at 1290 nm and covers the whole telecommunication wavelength region (1100-1700 nm) with full width at half maximum of about 340 nm. The observed infrared emission could be attributed to the 3T2(F) → 3A2(F) transition of octahedral Ni2+ ions that occupy high-field sites in nanocrystals. The product of the lifetime and the stimulated emission cross section is 2.15 × 10-24 cm 2s. It is suggested that Ni2+-doped sodium aluminosilicate glass ceramics have potential applications in tunable broadband light sources and broadband amplifiers.

Original languageEnglish
Article number031
JournalChinese Physics Letters
Volume23
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2006
Externally publishedYes

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