Abstract
We report white light generation (WLG) in Tm3+/Ho3+/Yb3+ doped PbO-GeO2 glass under continuous-wave excitation at 980 nm. Intense blue (≈477 nm), green (≈545 nm), and red (≈ 658 nm) emissions were simultaneously observed at room temperature. The blue light is mainly due to the Tm3+ transition 1G4 → 3H6. The green emission is due to the Ho3+ transitions (5S2, 5F4) → 5I8 and the red luminescence is due to the Ho3+ transition 5F5 → 5I8 and transition 1G4 → 3F4 associated to the Tm3+ ions. Energy transfer processes from Yb3+ to Ho3+ and Yb3+ to Tm3+ ions were responsible for the WLG. Adjusting the relative concentration of the rare-earth (RE) ions, we could obtain emission in the white region of the CIE chromaticity diagram. The present results indicate that PbO-GeO2 glass has large potential to be used for white displays.
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