Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume. 41, Issue 11, 3768(2022)
Effect of Nb2O5 on Spectral Properties of Nd3+ Doped Germanate Glass
Blue laser has a wide range of application prospects in the fields of color laser display, highdensity optical storage, exploration of marine resource, underwater communication and biomedical sciences, etc. However, the relatively mature Yb3+ doped fiber laser can only obtain blue green (~490 nm) laser after frequency doubling. Therefore, it is an urgent issue to obtain a pure blue laser close to 450 nm. The 0.9 μm fluorescence generated by the 4F3/2→4I9/2 level transition of Nd3+ can obtain the pure blue laser output of ~450 nm after frequency doubling, which has excellent application potential in the field of blue laser. However, the fluorescence generated by this transition occupies a low fluorescence branching raito. In this paper, the absorption spectrum, fluorescence spectrum and fluorescence lifetime of 1% (mass fraction) Nd2O3 doped 50GeO2(20-x)PbO15BaO15ZnOxNb2O5 (x%=0%, 2.5%, 5%, 10%, 15%,mole fraction) glass were systematically studied, and the corresponding JuddOfelt intensity parameters and gain bandwidth were calculated. It is found that the 900 nm absorption cross section, emission cross section, effective linewidth and fluorescence branching ratio of Nd3+ increase with the doping of Nb2O5. When the concentration of Nb2O5 is 10% (mole fraction), JuddOfelt intensity parameter Ω2=5.91×10-20 cm2, the spectral quality parameter χ=1.01, and the fluorescence branching ratio is 42.9%. In summary, 0.9 μm fluorescence branching ratio of Nd3+ can be raised by Nb2O5, so as to obtain pure blue light (450 nm) by frequency doubling, which is beneficial to the development and application of blue laser.
Get Citation
Copy Citation Text
JIANG Xiaoqi, SUN Yan, WANG Yafei, WANG Xin, CHEN Shubin, HU Lili, SHI Yanchun, GUO Aimin. Effect of Nb2O5 on Spectral Properties of Nd3+ Doped Germanate Glass[J]. Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2022, 41(11): 3768
Category:
Received: Aug. 16, 2022
Accepted: --
Published Online: Dec. 26, 2022
The Author Email: Xiaoqi JIANG (jiangxiaoqi@siom.ac.cn)
CSTR:32186.14.