Ultrabroad infrared luminescences from Bi-doped alkaline earth metal germanate glasses

Jinjun Ren, Jianrong Qiu, Botao Wu, Danping Chen

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Abstract

We report on ultrabroad infrared (IR) luminescences covering the 1000-1700-nm wavelength region, from Bi-doped 75GeO2-20 RO-5Al2O3-1Bi2O3 (R = Sr, Ca, and Mg) glasses. The full width at half-maximum of the IR luminescences excited at 980 nm increases (315 → 440 → 510 nm) with the change of alkaline earth metal (Mg2+ → Ca2+ → Sr2+). The fluorescence lifetime of the glass samples is 1725, 157, and 264 μs when R is Sr, Ca, and Mg, respectively. These materials may be promising candidates for broad-band fiber amplifiers and tunable laser resources.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1574-1578
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Materials Research
Volume22
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2007
Externally publishedYes

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