Excitation diffusion in GeGaSe and GeGaS glasses heavily doped with Er<sup>3+</sup>

doi:10.1364/OE.16.007709

Excitation diffusion in GeGaSe and GeGaS glasses heavily doped with Er³⁺

Cyril Koughia and Safa O. Kasap »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 11, pp. 7709-7714 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.007709

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Abstract

Using the photoluminescence from GeGaSe:Er to pump GeGaS:Er, we examine the efficiency of light trapping. By measuring the photoluminescence decay time in powdered materials with varying particle size, we are able to exclude the influence of light trapping and to pinpoint the effect of self-quenching. The critical concentrations of Er for efficient self-quenching are determined by fitting experimental data to existing models. These values are found to be much larger than the concentrations inducing the formation of Er-clusters.

OCIS Codes
(160.5690) Materials : Rare-earth-doped materials
(260.3800) Physical optics : Luminescence

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Materials

History
Original Manuscript: February 28, 2008
Revised Manuscript: May 5, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: May 8, 2008
Published: May 13, 2008

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Cyril Koughia and Safa O. Kasap, "Excitation diffusion in GeGaSe and GeGaS glasses heavily doped with Er³⁺," Opt. Express 16, 7709-7714 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-11-7709

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F. Auzel and P. Goldner, "Towards rare-earth clustering control in doped glasses," Opt. Maters. 16, 93-103 (2001). [CrossRef]
Th. Förster, "Transfer mechanisms of electronic excitation," Discuss. Faraday. Soc. 27, 7-17 (1959).
D. L. Dexter, "A theory of Sensitized Luminescence in Solids," J. Chem. Phys. 21, 836-850 (1953) [CrossRef]
C. Koughia, M. Munzar, D. Tonchev, C. Haugen, R. Decorby, J. C. McMullin, and S. O. Kasap, "Photoluminescence in Er doped Ge-Ga-Se glasses," J. Lumin. 112, 92-96 (2005). [CrossRef]
M. Munzar, K. Koughia, D. Tonchev, S. O. Kasap, T. Sakai, K. Maeda. T. Ikari, C. Haugen, R. DeCorby and J. N. McMullin, "Influence of Ga on the optical and thermal properties of Er2S3 doped stoichiometric and nonstoichiometric Ge-Ga-Se glasses," Phys. Chem. Glasses 46, 215-219 (2005).
C. Koughia, D. Saitou, T. Aoki, M. Munzar, and S. O. Kasap, "Photoluminescence lifetime spectrum in erbium doped Ge-Ga-S glasses," J. Non-Cryst. Solids 352, 2420-2424 (2006). [CrossRef]
D. S. Sumida and T. Y. Fan, "Effect of radiation trapping on fluorescence lifetime and emission cross section measurements in solid-state laser media," Opt. Lett. 19, 1343-1345 (1994). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Mattarelli, M. Montagna, L. Zampedri, A. Chiasera, M. Ferrari, G. C. Righini, L. M. Fortes, M. C. Gonçalves, L. F. Santos and R. M. Almeida, "Self-absorption and radiation trapping in Er3 + -doped TeO2-based glasses," Europhys. Lett. 71, 394-399 (2005). [CrossRef]
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M. Munzar, C. Koughia, D. Tonchev, K. Maeda, T. Ikari, C. Haugen, R. Decorby, J. N. McMullin, and S. O. Kasap, "Optical properties of Er-doped Gax(Ge0.3Se0.7)100-x glasses," Opt. Maters. 28, 225-230 (2006). [CrossRef]
F. Auzel, F. Bonfigli, S. Cagliari, and G. Baldacchini, "The interplay of self-trapping and self-quenching for resonant transitions in solids; role of cavity," J. Luminescence 94-95, 293-297 (2001). [CrossRef]
T. Yu. Ivanova, A. A. Man??shina, A. V. Kurochkin, Yu. S. Tver??yanovich, and V. B. Smirnov, "Er3+ to glass matrix energy transfer in Ga-Ge-S:Er3+ system," J. Non-Cryst. Solids 298, 7-14 (2002). [CrossRef]
C. Koughia, M. Munzar, T. Aoki, and S. O. Kasap, "Photoluminescence spectra and lifetimes of 4I13/2 ?? 4I15/2 and 4I11/2 ?? 4I15/2 transitions in erbium doped GeGaSe and GeGaS glasses," J. Maters. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 18, (Supplement Issue), S153-S157 (2007). [CrossRef]

Almeida, R. M.
Aoki, T.
Auzel, F.
Baldacchini, G.
Bonfigli, F.
Cagliari, S.
Campbell, J. H.
Chiasera, A.
Decorby, R.
Dexter, D. L.
Ehrmann, P. R.
Fan, T. Y.
Ferrari, M.
Förster, Th.
Fortes, L. M.
Goldner, P.
Gonçalves, M. C.
Haugen, C.
Ikari, T.
Ivanova, T. Yu.
Kasap, S. O.
Kasap, S. O.
Koughia, C.
Koughia, K.
Kurochkin, A. V.
Maeda, K.
Man??shina, A. A.
Mattarelli, M.
McMullin, J. C.
McMullin, J. N.
Milne, E. A.
Montagna, M.
Munzar, M.
Righini, G. C.
Saitou, D.
Sakai, T.
Santos, L. F.
Smirnov, V. B.
Sumida, D. S.
Tonchev, D.
Tver??yanovich, Yu. S.
Zampedri, L.

Discuss. Faraday. Soc.

Th. Förster, "Transfer mechanisms of electronic excitation," Discuss. Faraday. Soc. 27, 7-17 (1959).

Europhys. Lett.

M. Mattarelli, M. Montagna, L. Zampedri, A. Chiasera, M. Ferrari, G. C. Righini, L. M. Fortes, M. C. Gonçalves, L. F. Santos and R. M. Almeida, "Self-absorption and radiation trapping in Er3 + -doped TeO2-based glasses," Europhys. Lett. 71, 394-399 (2005). [CrossRef]

J. Am. Ceram. Soc.

P. R. Ehrmann and J. H. Campbell, "Nonradiative energy losses and radiation trapping in neodymium-doped phosphate laser glasses," J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 85, 1061-1069 (2002). [CrossRef]

J. Chem. Phys.

D. L. Dexter, "A theory of Sensitized Luminescence in Solids," J. Chem. Phys. 21, 836-850 (1953) [CrossRef]

J. London Math. Soc.

E. A. Milne, "The diffusion of imprisoned radiation through a gas," J. London Math. Soc. 1, 40-51 (1926). [CrossRef]

J. Lumin.

C. Koughia, M. Munzar, D. Tonchev, C. Haugen, R. Decorby, J. C. McMullin, and S. O. Kasap, "Photoluminescence in Er doped Ge-Ga-Se glasses," J. Lumin. 112, 92-96 (2005). [CrossRef]

J. Luminescence

F. Auzel, F. Bonfigli, S. Cagliari, and G. Baldacchini, "The interplay of self-trapping and self-quenching for resonant transitions in solids; role of cavity," J. Luminescence 94-95, 293-297 (2001). [CrossRef]

J. Maters. Sci.: Mater. Electron.

C. Koughia, M. Munzar, T. Aoki, and S. O. Kasap, "Photoluminescence spectra and lifetimes of 4I13/2 ?? 4I15/2 and 4I11/2 ?? 4I15/2 transitions in erbium doped GeGaSe and GeGaS glasses," J. Maters. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 18, (Supplement Issue), S153-S157 (2007). [CrossRef]

J. Non-Cryst. Solids

T. Yu. Ivanova, A. A. Man??shina, A. V. Kurochkin, Yu. S. Tver??yanovich, and V. B. Smirnov, "Er3+ to glass matrix energy transfer in Ga-Ge-S:Er3+ system," J. Non-Cryst. Solids 298, 7-14 (2002). [CrossRef]
C. Koughia, D. Saitou, T. Aoki, M. Munzar, and S. O. Kasap, "Photoluminescence lifetime spectrum in erbium doped Ge-Ga-S glasses," J. Non-Cryst. Solids 352, 2420-2424 (2006). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

D. S. Sumida and T. Y. Fan, "Effect of radiation trapping on fluorescence lifetime and emission cross section measurements in solid-state laser media," Opt. Lett. 19, 1343-1345 (1994). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Maters.

F. Auzel and P. Goldner, "Towards rare-earth clustering control in doped glasses," Opt. Maters. 16, 93-103 (2001). [CrossRef]
M. Munzar, C. Koughia, D. Tonchev, K. Maeda, T. Ikari, C. Haugen, R. Decorby, J. N. McMullin, and S. O. Kasap, "Optical properties of Er-doped Gax(Ge0.3Se0.7)100-x glasses," Opt. Maters. 28, 225-230 (2006). [CrossRef]

Phys. Chem. Glasses

M. Munzar, K. Koughia, D. Tonchev, S. O. Kasap, T. Sakai, K. Maeda. T. Ikari, C. Haugen, R. DeCorby and J. N. McMullin, "Influence of Ga on the optical and thermal properties of Er2S3 doped stoichiometric and nonstoichiometric Ge-Ga-Se glasses," Phys. Chem. Glasses 46, 215-219 (2005).

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