1. EFFICIENT GREEN UPCONVERSION EMISSION IN TRANSPARENT TEO2-GEO2 GLASS-CERAMIC OBTAINED BY BILLET EXTRUSION.
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Lesniak, Magdalena, Jiménez, Lesly G., Starzyk, Bartłomiej, Szymczak, Patryk, Vázquez-López, Carlos, Kochanowicz, Marcin, Kuwik, Marta, Pisarska, Joanna, Pisarski, Wojciech A., and Dorosz, Dominik
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GLASS-ceramics ,PHOTON upconversion ,TRANSMISSION electron microscopes ,GLASS transitions ,X-ray diffraction - Abstract
Transparent Yb
3+ /Er3+ glass-ceramic was successfully obtained by the extrusion method. The extrusion of oxyfluoride tellurite-germanate glass co-doped with Yb3+ and Er3+ ions at 520 ℃ resulted in the formation of Ba0.75 Er0.25 F2.25 nanocrystals, leading to an increase in the upconversion (UC) emission intensity of 35 times in glass-ceramic with respect to the glass. The glass to glass-ceramic transition was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Transmission electron microscope (TEM). Also, the structural changes that occurred during crystallization were assessed using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Furthermore, the pump power and temperature UC emission dependence of glass and glass-ceramic under 976 nm laser excitation were investigated in detail. The assessments showed that i) two-phonons are involved in the UC process and ii) the temperature has a significant influence over it. The Yb3+ /Er3+ codoped glass-ceramic shows relatively high Sa and Sr values in a wide temperature range from 300 to 573 K, presenting the maximal Sa value of 3.50 × 10-3 at 573 K and the maximal Sr value of 6.30 × 10-3 at 364 K. These results suggest that the glass-ceramic is a good candidate for optical applications such as luminescent thermometry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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