Comparative study of energy transfers from Er3+ to Ce3+ in tellurite and sulfide glasses under 980 nm excitation

Journal of Applied Physics - Tập 88 Số 7 - Trang 3832-3839 - 2000
Yong Gyu Choi1, Kyong Hon Kim1, Seho Park2, Jong Heo2
1Telecommunication Basic Research Laboratory, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Yusong, P.O. Box 106, Taejon 305-600, Republic of Korea
2Photonic Glasses Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San 31, Hyoja-dong, Nam-gu, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-784, Republic of Korea

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We have demonstrated that the population feeding from the I11/24 level to the 1.5 μm fluorescence emitting I13/24 level of Er3+ ions in low phonon energy glass hosts can be enhanced by codoping with Ce3+ under optical pumping at 980 nm. The nonradiative energy transfer Er3+: 4I11/2; Ce3+: 2F5/2→Er3+: 4I13/2; Ce3+: 2F7/2, occurs in the form of phonon-assisted energy transfer, and therefore the feeding rates are faster in the tellurite glasses, which have a comparatively higher phonon energy than in the sulfide glasses. The cross-relaxation process for I13/24: 4I13/2→4I15/2: 4I9/2, which lowers the population density of the I13/24 manifold and causes a deleterious effect in the 1.5 μm fluorescence intensity, is more severe in the sulfide glasses. Population feeding rate from the I11/24 to the I13/24 level is significantly enhanced by way of cerium codoping into tellurite glasses, which promises an efficient 980 nm pumped broadband Er3+-doped fiber amplifier.

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Journal of Applied Physics

Tập 88 Số 7

3832-3839

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