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Temperature-dependent broadband near-infrared luminescence in silicate glass ceramics containing Li2MgSiO4: Cr4+ nanocrystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Yixi Zhuang ,
Jiajia Zhou ,
Junhua Xie ,
Yu Teng  and
Jianrong Qiu
Jianrong Qiu*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: qjr@zju.edu.cn
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Abstract

Transparent glass ceramics containing Li2MgSiO4: Cr4+ nanocrystallites were prepared. Intense broadband near-infrared emission with full width at half-maximum larger than 200 nm and long fluorescence lifetime (τ > 100 μs) were observed. The temperature-dependent optical characteristics of the glass ceramics containing Li2MgSiO4: Cr4+ crystallites were compared to those of Li2MgSiO4: Cr4+ single crystals. The reason for extra-long near-infrared fluorescence lifetime was illuminated by the mixed effect between 3T2 and 1E levels. The crystal-filed-induced particular energy-level scheme makes the fluorescence lifetime of the glass ceramics containing Li2MgSiO4: Cr4+ crystallites one order longer than those of other Cr4+-doped glass ceramics.

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Optical PropertiesInfrared (IR) SpectroscopyCr
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 25 , Issue 9 , September 2010 , pp. 1833 - 1837
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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