Abstract

Chalcogenide glass has been considered as a promising host for the potential laser gain and amplifier media operating in near- and mid-IR spectral region. In this work, the IR luminescence spectra of rare earth ions (Tm3+, Er3+, and Dy3+) doped 65GeS2–25In2S3–10CsI chalcogenide glasses were measured under the excitation of an 808 nm laser diode. To the best of our knowledge, it firstly provides the luminescence spectra of a full near- and mid-IR spectral range from 1 to 4 μm in rare earth ions doped chalcogenide glasses. The results of absorption spectra, luminescence spectra, and fluorescence decay curves were obtained in these samples with singly-, co- and triply-doping behaviors of Tm3+, Er3+, and Dy3+ ions. In order to search possible efficient IR emissions, the luminescence behavior was investigated specifically with the variation of doping behaviors and dopant ions, especially in the samples co- and triply-doped active ions. The results suggest that favorable near- and mid-IR luminescence of rare earth ions can be further modified in chalcogenide glasses through an elaborated design of doping behavior and optically active ions.

Highlights

  • Chalcogenide glass has been considered as a promising host for the potential laser gain and amplifier media operating in near- and mid-IR spectral region

  • In order to obtain IR luminescence of new wavelengths or bandwidths, glasses doped with different rare earth ions (REIs), especially Dy3+, Er3+, and Tm3+, have been intensively investigated in the past decades

  • It has been shown that an Er3+-Tm3+ co-doped 20 m long silica fiber amplifier generates spontaneous emission with bandwidth over 90 nm (1460–1550 nm), if it is pumped at 980 nm[4]

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Introduction

Chalcogenide glass has been considered as a promising host for the potential laser gain and amplifier media operating in near- and mid-IR spectral region. The IR luminescence spectra of rare earth ions (Tm3+, Er3+, and Dy3+) doped 65GeS2–25In2S3–10CsI chalcogenide glasses were measured under the excitation of an 808 nm laser diode. To the best of our knowledge, it firstly provides the luminescence spectra of a full near- and mid-IR spectral range from 1 to 4 μm in rare earth ions doped chalcogenide glasses. The results suggest that favorable near- and mid-IR luminescence of rare earth ions can be further modified in chalcogenide glasses through an elaborated design of doping behavior and optically active ions. In order to obtain IR luminescence of new wavelengths or bandwidths, glasses doped with different rare earth ions (REIs), especially Dy3+, Er3+, and Tm3+, have been intensively investigated in the past decades. By considering the similarity of chemical properties between indium and gallium, GeS2–In2S3 glasses have been evidenced to possess the similar property of high REI solubility akin to that of gallium glasses[15,16]

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