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Spectroscopic properties of Sm3+-doped phosphate glasses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2012

Liaolin Zhang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices and Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Mingying Peng
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices and Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Guoping Dong
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices and Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Jianrong Qiu*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices and Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: qjr@scut.edu.cn
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Abstract

We report on the absorption, static, and transient luminescence spectra of Sm3+-doped glasses. The dependences between absorption and emission cross sections as well as between luminescence quantum efficiencies and Sm3+ doping concentration are examined. The large stimulated absorption cross section and emission cross section combined with the long fluorescent lifetime make phosphate glasses doped with Sm3+ promising material for visible fiber lasers. Moreover, ΔT(TxTg) of these glasses is about 290 °C, which guarantees their thermal stability against crystallization during the fiber drawing process.

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