Spectral properties of Nd3+ ions in the new fluoride glasses with small additives of the phosphates

Abstract

A series of the new fluoride glasses with small additives of the phosphates doped with different of Nd3+ content is developed. The dopant concentration dependence of optical absorption and emission properties is reported here for the concentration range of 2.5×1020 to 1.0×1021 (ions/cm3). Using the Judd-Ofelt theory the phenomenological intensity parameters Ωt (t = 2; 4; 6) were obtained for all glasses studied. Fluorescence lifetime, quantum efficiency and nonlinear refractive index n2. were obtained. The peak stimulated emission cross sections of the transitions at 899 nm, 1053 nm and 1320 nm were calculated according to J-O theory. The stimulated emission cross-sections of 4F3/2→4I9/2,4F3/2→4I11/2 and 4F3/2→4I13/2 transitions were determined by the Fuchtbauer-Landenburg equation (FL) and the modified reciprocity method (MR) for all Nd3+concentrations. The analysis of the luminescence quenching depending on the concentration of the activator was carried out. It was concluded that present fluoride glass with small additives of phosphates is a promising material for laser applications.