2.5–5.5 μm mid‐infrared emission from Ni2+‐doped chalcohalide glass ceramics containing CsPbI3 perovskite nanocrystals

Abstract

AbstractThe development of mid‐infrared (MIR) broadband tunable lasers urgently needs high performance laser gain materials. Transition metal (TM) ions doped glass ceramics are considered to be efficient MIR broadband laser gain media. However, it is difficult to achieve gain because of the large scattering loss and low luminescence efficiency. In this paper, GeS2–Sb2S3–CsI–PbI2 chalcohalide glass ceramics containing CsPbI3 perovskite nanocrystals are fabricated by the melt‐quenching method and subsequent heating treatment. The crystallization behavior of CsPbI3 nanophase and MIR luminescence properties of Ni2+ dopant are systematically investigated. Evidently, spherical CsPbI3 perovskite nanocrystals are precipitated and uniformly distributed in the glassy matrix, which can reduce the light scattering and make the chalcohalide glass ceramics have a high transparency. Moreover, an ultra‐broadband MIR emission in the range of 2.5–5.5 μm is observed for the first time, to our best knowledge, from Ni2+‐doped chalcohalide glass ceramics containing CsPbI3 perovskite nanocrystals. The newly developed Ni2+‐doped chalcohaldie glass ceramics could be promising gain media for MIR broadband tunable lasers.