Optical Absorption and Photoluminescence Properties of Dy<sup>3+</sup> Ions in Bi<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-SiO<sub>2</sub>-B<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Glass System

Abstract

This research studied the effect of dysprosium on the physical, optical and luminescence properties of the bismuth borosilicate glass in compositions 40Bi2O3 : 20SiO2 : (40-x)B2O3 : xDy2O3 (where x = 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 mol%). The glass systems have been prepared at 1100 °C by melt quenching technique. The results showed that the density and molar volume of glass samples are between 4.6477 ± 0.0020 to 5.0047 ± 0.0041 g/cm3 and 45.6608 to 48.6797 cm3/mol, respectively. The values of density and molar volume of these glasses were not depend on the Dy2O3 concentration. The optical absorption spectra of glass samples in the UV-Vis-NIR region shows absorption bands at 794, 906, 1094, 1276 and 1690 nm, respectively. The photoluminescence spectra show emission bands at 482 (blue), 576 (green), 663 (yellow) and 756 (red) nm under 453 nm excitation wavelength. The emission spectrum at 576 nm has shown a strongest intensity.