Abstract
Energy-transfer excited upconversion luminescence in Ho3+/Yb3+- and Tb3+/Yb3+-codoped PbGeO3–PbF2–CdF2 glass and glass–ceramic under infrared excitation is investigated. In Ho3+/Yb3+-codoped samples, green (545nm), red (652nm), and near-infrared (754nm) upconversion emission corresponding to the 5S2(5F4)→5I8, 5F5→5I8, and 5S2(5F4)→5I7 transitions, respectively, was observed. Blue (490nm) emission assigned to the 5F2,3→5I8 transition was also detected. In the Tb3+/Yb3+-codoped system, bright UV–visible emission around 384, 415, 438, 473–490, 545, 587, and 623nm, identified as due to the 5D3(5G6)→7FJ(J=6, 5, 4) and 5D4→7FJ(J=6, 5, 4, 3) transitions, was measured. The comparison of the upconversion process in glass ceramic and its glassy precursor revealed that the former samples present much higher upconversion efficiencies. The dependence of the upconversion emission upon pump power, and doping contents was also examined. The results indicated that successive energy-transfer between ytterbium and holmium ions and cooperative energy-transfer between ytterbium and terbium ions followed by excited-state absorption are the dominant upconversion excitation mechanisms herein involved. The viability of using the samples for three-dimensional solid-state color displays is also discussed.
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