Abstract
Abstract An optical temperature sensor based on the upconversion luminescence of Tm3+ has been developed. Under a 980 nm diode laser excitation, the fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR) between 700 (Tm3+:3F2,3 → 3H6) and 800 nm (Tm3+:3H4 → 3H6) upconversion emissions from Tm3+/Yb3+ codoped oxyfluoride glass ceramic was studied as a function of temperature in the range of 293–703 K. The 3F2,3 and 3H4 states of Tm3+ are verified to be thermally coupled levels. By using FIR technique, the sensitivity for detecting temperature variations achieved here is better than previous reported rare earth ions fluorescence based temperature sensors. With the advantages of intense upconversion luminescence and absolutely separated 700 and 800 nm emission bands, the Tm3+/Yb3+ codoped oxyfluoride glass ceramic is a very promising candidate for accurate optical temperature sensors with much higher sensitivity and resolution.
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