Abstract
The ultraviolet absorption and emission spectra of Ce3+ doped phosphate glasses based on gadolinium and sodium phosphates are studied in the present work. Compared with the cerium‐free phosphate glass matrixes, CePO4 doping shifts the ultraviolet absorption edge of glasses into the longer wavelength because of the 4f–5d absorption transition of Ce3+. The emission spectra correlate such red‐shift with glass compositions. Explanations are based on variation in the optical basicity of glasses, which corresponds not only to the alkali content but also to the O/P ratio. The latter is proportional to the number of nonbridging oxygen in the oxyanion unit (PO4), and most likely plays an overwhelming role in the overall optical basicity of glasses.
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