The Energy Transfer from Yb3+ to Er3+ in YAl3(BO3)4 Crystal
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The Energy Transfer from Yb3+ to Er3+ in YAl3(BO3)4 Crystal
Chinese Journal of LuminescenceVol. 30, Issue 3, Pages: 321-326(2009)
作者机构:
1. 中国科学院 福建物质结构研究所, 福建 福州 350002
2. 江西理工大学, 江西 赣州 341000
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CLC:O482.31
Received:29 July 2008,
Revised:02 January 1900,
Published Online:30 June 2009,
Published:30 June 2009
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YOU Wei-xiong, HUANG Yi-dong, LIN Yan-fu, et al. The Energy Transfer from Yb3+ to Er3+ in YAl3(BO3)4 Crystal[J]. Chinese journal of luminescence, 2009, 30(3): 321-326.
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YOU Wei-xiong, HUANG Yi-dong, LIN Yan-fu, et al. The Energy Transfer from Yb3+ to Er3+ in YAl3(BO3)4 Crystal[J]. Chinese journal of luminescence, 2009, 30(3): 321-326.DOI:
The Energy Transfer from Yb3+ to Er3+ in YAl3(BO3)4 Crystal
The laser emission around wavelength at 1.55 μm is located in the "eye-safe" region and plays an important role in the optical communication and remote sensing. However
Er
3+
-doped materials cannot be efficiently pumped by the InGaAs laser diodes because of the lower absorption of Er
3+
at the wavelength of 976 nm. Generally
the solution is to add Yb
3+
ion as a sensitizer to improve the pumping efficiency. So
in the Yb
3+
and Er
3+
co-doped materials
the pumping energy can be efficiently absorbed by Yb
3+
and transferred to Er
3+
. In this paper
YAl
3
(BO
3
)
4
crystals with different Yb
3+
and Er
3+
doping concentrations were grown by the flux method. The Yb
3+
to Er
3+
energy transfer in YAB crystals was investigated with the rate equation without considering the back energy transfer and up-conversion processes. The simple formulation for calcula-ting the energy transfer coefficients was derived according to the fluorescence lifetimes of Yb
3+
ion. The energy transfer parameters were also calculated. The results showed that the energy transfer is very efficient in the YAB crystal and the energy transfer probabilities from Yb
3+
to Er
3+
increases with the increasing of Yb
3+
concentrations. The energy transfer coefficients calculated by using experimental data are accordant with those calculated by theory
it means that the formulation is suitable for calculating the energy transfer coefficient in the high phonon energy materials. The energy transfer coefficients and critical interaction distance are comparable with or higher than those in other materials
which means that the energy transfer from Yb
3+
to Er
3+
in YAB crystal can be more efficient. So
this host could be a good candidate for the 1.55 μm laser media.
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