Effect of Gd3+/Nd3+- dual doped borate glasses on the physical and spectroscopic properties for the NIR emission at 1.069 µm

Abstract

Near-infrared luminescence properties of dual doped Gd3+/Nd3+-incorporated glasses were manufactured using the melt-quenching technique and characterized by several techniques. The modification in glass structure may be seen in the differences in density, molar volume, and refractive index that occur when the amount of lanthanide oxide in the glass increases. The spectroscopic properties of Nd3+ in these glasses are quite well understood, and the observed optical characteristics may be used to process and eventually determine laser properties. According to the results of XANES, the Nd oxidation state remains the predominant peak for Nd3+ in all of the samples. The transition from 4I9/2 to 4G5/2 +2G7/2 is important for the strongest band in the absorption spectra, which can be seen at 584 nm. The luminescence spectra show peaks caused by 4F3/2→4IJ (J=11/2, 13/2) at three excitation wavelengths of 526, 574 and 805 nm. After the processing, we created glass samples for the study of photoluminescence with various amounts of Nd2O3 incorporated into the best host, 25Li2O-5Al2O3-2.5Gd2O3-(67.5-X)B2O3-XNd2O3. Based on luminescence intensity, it is determined that 1.0 mol% of Nd2O3 is the concentration quenching in the studied glasses. The 4F3/2 →4I11/2 transition at 1069 nm, excited by 526, 578 and 803 nm, has the highest emission intensity. The combined findings of the glasses demonstrate that near-infrared luminescence may be successfully used with them. All of the analysis shows that the dual doped Gd3+/Nd3+ borate glass would be a potential solid-state laser candidate.