Abstract
The positions of Stark levels have been determined, using a step-by-step procedure, in the 4I9/2 and 4F3/2 manifolds of Nd3+ ions from absorption and photoluminescence measurements in the 12–293 K temperature range. This data has been used to calculate the emission cross-section for which the maximum value turns out to be ∼2.3 × 10−20 cm2. The radiative recombination time, calculated using Judd–Ofelt analysis, of the 4F3/2 manifold is in close vicinity to the experimentally determined times that were measured by the conventional decay of PL after interruption of excitation and by QFRS. Moreover, the peak time defined by QFRS is independent of temperature. Therefore, the dominant relaxation mechanism from the 4F3/2 excited manifold of Nd3+ ions in GaLaS glass is believed to be by radiative emission.
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