Abstract

Er3+-doped ZnO – BaO – TeO2 glasses with the formula (80-x)TeO2–15ZnO–5BaO–xEr2O3 were fabricated using melt quenching technique. The 5 glass samples with different concentrations of Er2O3 were prepared under atmospheric pressure. The samples were investigated on their properties: density, molar volume, absorption spectra and photoluminescence. Density was increased with an increase in Er3+ content. The molar volume trend is in the opposite way to that of the density. The absorption bands are assigned as absorptions from the 4I15/2 ground state to the 4F7/2, 2H11/2, 4S3/2, 4F9/2, 4I9/2, 4I11/2 and 4I13/2 levels. All absorption bands are increase with increasing content of Er3+. The photoluminescence spectra were measured with 980 nm light pumped by flash lamp. The spectra trends to increase with increasing concentration of the dopant.

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