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Greatly enhanced broadband near-infrared emission due to energy transfer from Cr3+ to Ni2+ in transparent magnesium aluminosilicate glass ceramics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Jin Luo ,
Shifeng Zhou ,
Botao Wu ,
Hucheng Yang ,
Song Ye ,
Bin Zhu  and
Jianrong Qiu
Shifeng Zhou
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
Botao Wu
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China
Bin Zhu
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
Jianrong Qiu*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China; and State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Cr3+/Ni2+ co-doped optically transparent magnesium aluminosilicate glass-ceramics containing MgAl2O4 nanocrystals have been prepared by heat-treatment. Greatly enhanced broadband near-infrared emission centered at 1216 nm in Cr3+/Ni2+ co-doped glass ceramics is observed when compared with the Ni2+ single-doped glass ceramics under 532 nm excitation. The observed enhancement of infrared emission is attributed to the energy transfer from Cr3+ to Ni2+ ions in the nanocrystalline phase, which leads to the emission due to 3T2(3F) → 3A2(3F) transition of octahedral Ni2+ ions.

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CrLuminescenceNi
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , February 2009 , pp. 310 - 315
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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