Yb3+-Yb3+ cooperative upconversion in oxyfluoride glass and glass ceramics
Yb3+-Yb3+ cooperative upconversion in oxyfluoride glass and glass ceramics
Yb
3+-doped oxyfluoride glasses and glass ceramics containing KZnF
3 nanocrystals were obtained by melt-quenching. Under excitation of a 980 nm laser, a strong blue emission from Yb
3+-Yb
3+ cooperative upconversion was observed in the glass sample, which increased by five times in glass ceramics after heat treatment for 20 h. The photoluminescence mechanism and sample properties were investigated by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, fluorescent lifetime, absorption and emission spectra. The size of KZnF
3 nanocrystals is in the range 5 nm–20 nm, making the glass ceramic samples highly transparent. The STEM-EDS measurements indicate that the distribution of Yb is consistent with that of the KZnF
3 nanocrystals. Fluroide phase provides a low-phonon-energy environment for Yb
3+-Yb
3+ ion pairs, which facilitates an intense fluorescent blue emission in the KZnF
3 crystal lattice. Both theoretical and experimental results demonstrate that Yb
3+-doped oxyfluoride glasses and glass ceramics containing KZnF
3 nanocrystals are promising materials for blue upconversion emission.
Cooperative upconversion, Glass ceramics, KZnF nanocrystal
Wang, Xin
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Li, Wenhao
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Zhao, Haiyan
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Wang, Shunbin
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Jia, Shijie
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Dong, Yongkang
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Du, Yanqiu
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Brambilla, Gilberto
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Wang, Pengfei
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October 2020
Wang, Xin
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Li, Wenhao
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Zhao, Haiyan
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Wang, Shunbin
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Jia, Shijie
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Dong, Yongkang
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Du, Yanqiu
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Brambilla, Gilberto
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Wang, Pengfei
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Wang, Xin, Li, Wenhao, Zhao, Haiyan, Wang, Shunbin, Jia, Shijie, Dong, Yongkang, Du, Yanqiu, Brambilla, Gilberto and Wang, Pengfei
(2020)
Yb3+-Yb3+ cooperative upconversion in oxyfluoride glass and glass ceramics.
Journal of Luminescence, 226, [117461].
(doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2020.117461).
Abstract
Yb
3+-doped oxyfluoride glasses and glass ceramics containing KZnF
3 nanocrystals were obtained by melt-quenching. Under excitation of a 980 nm laser, a strong blue emission from Yb
3+-Yb
3+ cooperative upconversion was observed in the glass sample, which increased by five times in glass ceramics after heat treatment for 20 h. The photoluminescence mechanism and sample properties were investigated by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, fluorescent lifetime, absorption and emission spectra. The size of KZnF
3 nanocrystals is in the range 5 nm–20 nm, making the glass ceramic samples highly transparent. The STEM-EDS measurements indicate that the distribution of Yb is consistent with that of the KZnF
3 nanocrystals. Fluroide phase provides a low-phonon-energy environment for Yb
3+-Yb
3+ ion pairs, which facilitates an intense fluorescent blue emission in the KZnF
3 crystal lattice. Both theoretical and experimental results demonstrate that Yb
3+-doped oxyfluoride glasses and glass ceramics containing KZnF
3 nanocrystals are promising materials for blue upconversion emission.
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Yb3+-Yb3+ Cooperative Upconversion in Oxyfluoride Glass and Glass Ceramics
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Accepted/In Press date: 9 June 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 12 June 2020
Published date: October 2020
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This work was supported by the National Key program of Natural Science Foundation of China ( NSFC 61935006 ), National Natural Science Foundation of China ( NSFC 61905048 ), National Natural Science Foundation of China ( NSFC 618050748 ), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities ( HEUCFG201841 , GK2250260018 , 3072019CF2504 , 3072019CF2506 , 3072020CFJ2507 ), the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics ( IOSKL2016KF03 ), the 111 project ( B13015 ) to the Harbin Engineering University , Heilongjiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China ( LH2019F034 ). Ph.D. Student Research and Innovation Fund of the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities ( 3072019GIP2518 ).
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Cooperative upconversion, Glass ceramics, KZnF nanocrystal
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Xin Wang
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Wenhao Li
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Haiyan Zhao
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Shunbin Wang
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Shijie Jia
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Yongkang Dong
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Yanqiu Du
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Gilberto Brambilla
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Pengfei Wang
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