Effect of OH- Content on Mid-infrared Emission Properties in Er3+-doped Ge-Ga-S-CsI Glasses

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1077.2011.00836

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Abstract: A series of Er³⁺-doped chalcogenide glasses based on Ge-Ga-S-CsI system were prepared by melt-quenching technique with distillation processing. Properties including refractive index, infrared transmission spectra, 2.85um mid-infrared emission spectra and fluorescence lifetime under 800 nm laser excitation were measured. The infrared absorption coefficients of OH^- groups at 3um according to the infrared transmission spectra were calculated, and the constant KOH-Er, determined by the strength of interactions between Er³⁺ ions and OH^- groups in the case of energy transfer was also calculated. The effect of hydroxyl content on mid-infrared emission properties of glass samples was discussed. The results show that the remnants OH^- content of glass samples can be effectively reduced by the distillation processing. The 2.85um mid-infrared fluorescence emission intensity and fluorescence lifetime of Er³⁺ ions are also enhanced. The calculated constant KOH-Er is about 1.08×10^-16cm⁴/s. Because of the efficiency of energy transfer between Er³⁺ ions and OH^- groups, the remnants of a small amount of OH^- groups can still directly affect the intensity of 2.85um fluorescence.

Key words: hydroxyl ion, erbium, mid-infrared luminescence, chalcogenide glass

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TQ174

SUN Jie, NIE Qiu-Hua, DAI Shi-Xun, WU Li-Gang, SONG Bao-An, CHEN Fei-Fei, WANG Guo-Xiang, XU Tie-Feng. Effect of OH^- Content on Mid-infrared Emission Properties in Er³⁺-doped Ge-Ga-S-CsI Glasses[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2011, 26(8): 836-840.

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