the upconversion luminescence of rare earths doped glasses has been attracted much interest due to its applications in short wavelength laser devices
three dimensional displays and optical storage sources. Therefore
exploring novel materials with high luminescent efficiency and good chemical and mechanical stability has become a challenge to the researchers. It has been of technical and applied importance to understand the mechanisms of the upconversion luminescence in the inorganic materials doped by rare earths. In this paper
a novel oxyfluoride glass sample PGETYA was prepared by a melt-quenching technique. This glass system not only has the higher up-conversion luminescence efficiency
but also avoids the drawback of both the oxide and fluoride host materials. The PGETYA sample consists of 58.52PbF
2
-34.43GeO
2
-3Al
2
O
3
-0.05Tm
2
O
3
-4Yb
2
O
3
(in molar)
among which GeO
2
is the main component
namely glass former
others are introduced as adjustors to improve the glass performance. Tm
3+
and Yb
3+
ions are doped as co-operative luminescent activators. The upconversion emission spectrum was measured under 980 nm excitation by using a semiconductor laser diode. Very strong blue upconversion emission at 476 nm originating from
1
G
4
→
3
H
6
transition of Tm
3+
can be seen by naked eyes. Meanwhile two weaker red emissions originating from
1
G
4
→
3
H
4
and
3
F
3
→
3
H
6
transitions of Tm
3+
were also observed. Upconversion luminescence intensity variations with the increase of excitation density viz the increase of LD working currents were investigated. The nonlinear curve fittings of the relationship between the up-conversion emission intensity and LD working current to the theoretical result were carried out
and it was concluded that the blue up-conversion for this material is nicely fitting in with the three-photon process and red one fulfills the two-photon process. These results suggested that the studied oxyfluoride glass with the designed composition may be a good candidate material for the practical applications in short wavelength laser and three dimensional displays.
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