1. Optical properties of Nd3+-doped phosphate glasses.
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Ismail, Mahmoud M., Batisha, Inas K., Zur, Lidia, Chiasera, Alessandro, Ferrari, Maurizio, and Lukowiak, Anna
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OPTICAL properties , *RADIATIVE transitions , *BRANCHING ratios , *ABSORPTION spectra , *TELLURITES , *X-ray diffraction , *PHOSPHATE glass - Abstract
Multi-component phosphate glasses with various Nd 2 O 3 content have been prepared using conventional melt-quenching technique. X-ray diffraction was carried out to study the structure of the prepared samples and it was found that all the obtained samples are amorphous. Electrostatic F (2) , F (4) , F (6) , and spin–orbit parameters have been determined from the absorption spectra. Judd-Ofelt theory has been used to analyze and evaluate the radiative transition probability, branching ratio, and radiative lifetime for the metastable level 4 F 3/2. Luminescence spectra and experimental lifetimes give information regarding the absence of chemical clustering and suggest that the physical clustering is negligible making the glass a suitable candidate for photonic applications. Image 1 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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