Transparent Ni2+-doped ZnO-Al2O3-SiO2 system glass-ceramics with broadband infrared luminescence

Botao Wu*, Jianrong Qiu, Mingying Peng, Jinjun Ren, Xiongwei Jiang, Congshan Zhu

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Abstract

We report transparent Ni2+-doped ZnO-Al2O3-SiO2 system glass-ceramics with broadband infrared luminescence. After heat-treatment, ZnAl2O4 crystallite was precipitated in the glasses, and its average size increased with increasing heat-treatment temperature. No infrared emission was detected in the as-prepared glass samples, while broadband infrared luminescence centered at 1310 nm with full width at half maximum (FWHM) of about 300 nm was observed from the glass-ceramics. The peak position of the infrared luminescence showed a blue-shift with increasing heat-treatment temperature, but a red-shift with an increase in NiO concentration. The mechanisms of the observed phenomena were discussed. These glass-ceramics are promising as materials for super broadband optical amplifier and tunable laser.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)762-768
Number of pages7
JournalMaterials Research Bulletin
Volume42
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Apr 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • A. Optical materials
  • C. Luminescence
  • C. X-ray diffraction

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