Structural and luminescence studies of europium ions in lithium aluminium borophosphate glasses

Eu3＋ doped borophosphate glasses with the chemical composition 20Li2O-30Al2O3-10B2O3-40P2O5-xEu2O3（where x=0.05 mol.%, 0.1 mol.%, 1.0 mol.%, 1.5 mol.% and 2.0 mol.%） were prepared by conventional melt quenching technique. The structural and luminescence properties of the prepared Eu3＋ doped borophosphate glasses were studied and compared with reported results. The XRD pattern showed the amorphous nature of the prepared glasses. Whereas, the FTIR spectra revealed the vibrational modes in the prepared glasses. The bonding parameters（ β and ？） were calculated through the excitation spectra. Judd-Ofelt（J-O） intensity parameters were calculated from the emission spectra and were used to determine transition probability（A）, stimulated emission cross-section（σE P）, radiative lifetime（τR） and branching ratios（βexp） for the transition 5D0→7Fj（j=1, 2, 3 and 4） of Eu3＋ ions. Furthermore, the luminescence intensity ratio（R） of 5D0→7F2 to 5D0→7F1 transition was also calculated. Transition 5D0→7F2 had the highest value of stimulated emission cross-section and branching ratios and the results were comparable with the reported values. This indicated that the present glass is promising host material for Eu3＋ doped fiber amplifiers.

Color tuning of Eu-Tb co-doped borophosphate glasses for white light through valence state adjustment

The dependence of color points of white light on the composition of bomphosphate glasses co-doped with europium （En） and terbium （Tb） has been investigated in terms of valence change of rare earth ions. Under ultraviolet （UV） excitation, the white light is observed to be from a combination of 4f65d → 4f7 band transition emission at 425 nm for Eu^2＋, 5D0 → ^7Fj （J= 1, 2） lineemissions at 593 nm and 611 nm for Eu^3＋, and 5D4 → 7F5 band transition emission at 545 nm for Tb^3＋. By varying the glass composition, the resultant emission color can be tuned efficiently. Eventually, the optimized white light with commission international de I＇Eclairage （CIE） coordinate of （0.3382. 0.2763） and the correlate color temperature （CCT） at 5010 K are achieved.

Studies of Anomalies in Mixed Conduction of Na2O and V2O5 Doped Boro-Phosphate Glasses

A set of borophosphate glasses doped with alkali and transition metal (TM) ions have been synthesized. The glasses were carried through;annealing, XRD, density, DC conductivity studies. Molar volume and density varied nonlinearly. High temperature activation energy is analysed taking into consideration of Mott’s SPH model. The low temperature electrical conductivity was analysed by Mott and Greaves VRH. Several polaron hopping related parameters at high temperature region and density of states at low temperature region were computed. The high temperature DC activation energy measured by conductivity, calculated numerous pertained parameters varied nonlinearly with mole fraction of vanadium content. The Study exhibits DC electrical conduction is due to both alkali and transition metal ions and thus confirms the mixed conductivity. A crossover conduction mechanism from the ionic dominant region to polaronic predominant region has been also observed. Studies revealed the single transition effect at 0.4 mol fraction of V2O5 content.

A novel Eu^(3+)-doped phosphor-in-glass for WLEDs and the effect of borophosphate matrix

Phosphor-in-glass(PiG)is a potential color convertor for high power WLEDs.A novel glass matrix with advanced performance is still a challenge.Recently,Eu^(3+)doped glass matrix has attracted much consideration mainly due to its red compensation.A new borophosphate matrix to realize Eu^(3+)red light was designed in the Na_(2)O-ZnO-P_(2)O_(5)-B_(2)O_(3)-Eu_(2)O_(3)system.Meanwhile,a series of PiGs composed of different concentrations of Y3Al5O12:Ce phosphor and the matrix were also fabricated by re-sintering.The crystallization of Eu^(3+)based phosphate offers a novel red emission quenching apart from normal concentration quenching in the glass system.No direct energy transfer but only little reabso rption occurs between Eu^(3+)and Ce^(3+)ions.The Ce^(3+)concentration effect is obvious on the electroluminescent color.The optimized color rendering index of 79.7,the CIE coordinates near natural white and the range of CCT from 3943 to 6097 K were obtained for the packaged white light emitting diodes(WLEDs)together with the excellent CCT stability higher than about 97.5%and the quadruple thermal conductivity than that of silicon resin.The work implies borophosphate glass based PiGs with fine transparence and energy conversion efficiency are promising for excellent WLEDs,while the LED by using the PiG sample without any yellow phosphor doped is of high color purity and has a potential use as the 465 nm blue source.