Investigation of Eu3+ Doped Oxy-Fluoride Phosphate Glass for Red Laser Gain Medium Application

Abstract

The oxyfluoride phosphate glass doped with europium oxide was synthesized by melt quenching technique. The structural and spectroscopic analysis has been carried out by Raman, absorption, photoluminescence, phonon side band and lifetime analysis. The absorption spectrum revealed the characteristic transitions between the 7F0 ground state and 7F1 first excited state to the upper-lying electronic states. The several J-O parameters: oscillator strength, radiative transition probability, stimulated emission cross-section and branching ratio. The local structure around the Eu3+ ions and the phonon energy of oxyfluoride phosphate glass have been confirmed on the basis of PSB associated with the 7F0→5D2 transition. The highest excitation spectrum showed at 395 nm for transition 7F0→5L6. The emission spectrum showed two major peaks corresponding to 591 nm orang emission (5D0→7F1) and 613 nm red emission (5D0→7F2). This work confirmed that 1 mol% Eu2O3 doped oxyfluoride phosphate glass performs a high potential for using as efficient luminescence materials for solid-state lighting application, especially for reddish-orange light-emitting glass.