Novel oxyfluoride glasses are developed with the composition of 30SiO2-15Al2O3-28PbF2-22CdF2-0.1TmF3 - xYbF3 - (4.9 - x) AlF3(x=0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0) in tool fraction, Furthermore, the upconversion luminescence c...Novel oxyfluoride glasses are developed with the composition of 30SiO2-15Al2O3-28PbF2-22CdF2-0.1TmF3 - xYbF3 - (4.9 - x) AlF3(x=0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0) in tool fraction, Furthermore, the upconversion luminescence characteristics under a 970nm excitation are investigated. Intense blue, red and near infrared luminescences peaked at 453nm, 476nm, 647nm and 789nm, which correspond to the transitions of Tm^3+: ^1D2 →^3F4, ^1G4 →^3H6, ^1G4 →^3F4, and ^3H4 →^3H6, respectively, are observed. Due to the sensitization of Yb^3+ ions, all the upconversion luminescence intensities are enhanced considerably with Yb^3+ concentration increasing. The upconversion mechanisms are discussed based on the energy matching rule and quadratic dependence on excitation power. The results indicate that the dominant mechanism is the excited state absorption for those upconversion emissions.展开更多
The Er^3+/Yb^3+ co-doped TeO2-Nb2O5-Li2O glass is prepared by conventional melting method, and its upconversion spectra are measured. The intense green upconversion luminescence upon excitation with a 976 nm laser d...The Er^3+/Yb^3+ co-doped TeO2-Nb2O5-Li2O glass is prepared by conventional melting method, and its upconversion spectra are measured. The intense green upconversion luminescence upon excitation with a 976 nm laser diode is observed with the naked eyes. The dependence of luminescence intensity on the ratio of Yb^3+/Er^3+ is discussed in detail, and the relationship between the ratio of green luminescence intensity to red luminescence intensity and the ratio of Yb^3+/Er^3+ is also studied, The luminescence intensity increases with the ratio of Yb^3+/Er^3+ increasing. The ratio of Yb^3+/Er^3+ plays a more important role than the concentration of Er^3+ in determining the upconversion luminescence intensity. The ratio of green luminescence intensity to red luminescence intensity reaches a maximum when ratio of Yb^3+/Er^3+ is 3. Thus the glass could be one of the potential candidates for LD pumping solid-state lasers.展开更多
In this paper the temperature-related performances of the Yb^3+:YAG disc laser has been investigated based on quasi-three level rate equation model. A compact diamond window cooling scheme also has been demonstrated...In this paper the temperature-related performances of the Yb^3+:YAG disc laser has been investigated based on quasi-three level rate equation model. A compact diamond window cooling scheme also has been demonstrated. In this cooling scheme, laser disc is placed between two thin discs of single crystal synthetic diamond, the heat transfer from Yb^3+:YAG to the diamond, in the direction of the optical axis, and then rapidly conducted radically outward through the diamond to the cooling water at the circumference of the diamond/Yb^3+ :YAG assembly. Simulation results show that increasing the thickness of the diamond and the overlap-length (between diamond and water) decreases the disc temperature. Therefore a 0.3-0.5 mm thick diamond window with the overlap-length of 1.5 2.0 mm will provide acceptable cost effective cooling, e.g., with a pump intensity of 15 kW/cm^2 and repetitive rate of 10 Hz, to keep the maximum temperature of the lasing disc below a reasonable value (310K), the heat exchange coefficient of water should be about 3000 W/m^2K.展开更多
A novel green nanophosphor CaHPO4:Tb3+ was synthesized via a room-temperatureco-precipitation route driven by ethanol solvent. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanningelectron microscopy (SEM) and photoluminesce...A novel green nanophosphor CaHPO4:Tb3+ was synthesized via a room-temperatureco-precipitation route driven by ethanol solvent. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanningelectron microscopy (SEM) and photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL) techniques were utilizedto characterize the structure, morphology and fluorescence performance of the obtained powders.The results demonstrated that the prepared samples were well crystallized with triclinic phaseCaHPO4 structure and particle-like morphology. Photoluminescence measurements indicated thatCaHPOa:Tb3+ had a strong absorption peak at 370 nm and exhibited characteristic emissions withseveral sharp peaks corresponding to the transitions 5D4-7FJ (jr = 6-3) of Tb3+. Moreover, theluminescence optimum concentration for CaHPO4:Tb3+ was determined to be 11 mol%, whichmight be a promising green-emitting ohosohor for display applications.展开更多
基金Project supported by the Shanghai "Post-Qi-Ming-Xing plan" for Young Scientists, China (Grant No 04QMX1448) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 60207006).The author would like to thank Wen L,Shen Y H and Zhao Y for their help in machining and measuring.
文摘Novel oxyfluoride glasses are developed with the composition of 30SiO2-15Al2O3-28PbF2-22CdF2-0.1TmF3 - xYbF3 - (4.9 - x) AlF3(x=0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0) in tool fraction, Furthermore, the upconversion luminescence characteristics under a 970nm excitation are investigated. Intense blue, red and near infrared luminescences peaked at 453nm, 476nm, 647nm and 789nm, which correspond to the transitions of Tm^3+: ^1D2 →^3F4, ^1G4 →^3H6, ^1G4 →^3F4, and ^3H4 →^3H6, respectively, are observed. Due to the sensitization of Yb^3+ ions, all the upconversion luminescence intensities are enhanced considerably with Yb^3+ concentration increasing. The upconversion mechanisms are discussed based on the energy matching rule and quadratic dependence on excitation power. The results indicate that the dominant mechanism is the excited state absorption for those upconversion emissions.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 60307004) and the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China (Grant No 2004Z2-D0131).
文摘The Er^3+/Yb^3+ co-doped TeO2-Nb2O5-Li2O glass is prepared by conventional melting method, and its upconversion spectra are measured. The intense green upconversion luminescence upon excitation with a 976 nm laser diode is observed with the naked eyes. The dependence of luminescence intensity on the ratio of Yb^3+/Er^3+ is discussed in detail, and the relationship between the ratio of green luminescence intensity to red luminescence intensity and the ratio of Yb^3+/Er^3+ is also studied, The luminescence intensity increases with the ratio of Yb^3+/Er^3+ increasing. The ratio of Yb^3+/Er^3+ plays a more important role than the concentration of Er^3+ in determining the upconversion luminescence intensity. The ratio of green luminescence intensity to red luminescence intensity reaches a maximum when ratio of Yb^3+/Er^3+ is 3. Thus the glass could be one of the potential candidates for LD pumping solid-state lasers.
文摘In this paper the temperature-related performances of the Yb^3+:YAG disc laser has been investigated based on quasi-three level rate equation model. A compact diamond window cooling scheme also has been demonstrated. In this cooling scheme, laser disc is placed between two thin discs of single crystal synthetic diamond, the heat transfer from Yb^3+:YAG to the diamond, in the direction of the optical axis, and then rapidly conducted radically outward through the diamond to the cooling water at the circumference of the diamond/Yb^3+ :YAG assembly. Simulation results show that increasing the thickness of the diamond and the overlap-length (between diamond and water) decreases the disc temperature. Therefore a 0.3-0.5 mm thick diamond window with the overlap-length of 1.5 2.0 mm will provide acceptable cost effective cooling, e.g., with a pump intensity of 15 kW/cm^2 and repetitive rate of 10 Hz, to keep the maximum temperature of the lasing disc below a reasonable value (310K), the heat exchange coefficient of water should be about 3000 W/m^2K.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21663021)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2015M571977)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province(20161BAB213058)the Natural Science Key Project of Jiangxi Province(2017ACB20040)
文摘A novel green nanophosphor CaHPO4:Tb3+ was synthesized via a room-temperatureco-precipitation route driven by ethanol solvent. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanningelectron microscopy (SEM) and photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL) techniques were utilizedto characterize the structure, morphology and fluorescence performance of the obtained powders.The results demonstrated that the prepared samples were well crystallized with triclinic phaseCaHPO4 structure and particle-like morphology. Photoluminescence measurements indicated thatCaHPOa:Tb3+ had a strong absorption peak at 370 nm and exhibited characteristic emissions withseveral sharp peaks corresponding to the transitions 5D4-7FJ (jr = 6-3) of Tb3+. Moreover, theluminescence optimum concentration for CaHPO4:Tb3+ was determined to be 11 mol%, whichmight be a promising green-emitting ohosohor for display applications.