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Optical properties of ytterbium doped oxyfluoride glass-ceramics - Concentration and temperature dependence studies for optical refrigeration applications

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Jyothis Thomas *
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Lauro June Queiroz Maia
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Venkata Krishnaiah Kummara
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Yannick Ledemi
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Jean-Sébastien Boisvert
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A. R. Hlil
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Denis V. Seletskiy
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Younès Messaddeq
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Raman Kashyap
DOI:10.1016/j.jlumin.2021.118278delete
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Oxyfluoride glass-ceramics (GCs) doped with lanthanides have recently attracted much attention as a novel optoelectronic material candidate for optical refrigeration. In this study, the optical properties of highly transparent (similar to 90% in the near infrared region) ytterbium doped germanate and aluminosilicate oxyfluoride glass ceramics with different rare earth ion concentrations varying from 0.5 to 3.0 mol % synthesized by the conventional melt quenching technique have been investigated to determine and compare their potential for optical refrigeration applications. The photoluminescence (PL) emission spectra at different temperatures (25 degrees C-200 degrees C) were measured using different excitation wavelengths varying from 920 nm to 1030 nm in order to understand the behaviour of Stokes and anti-Stokes emission in all the glass-ceramics. The influence of ytterbium content is studied and found to substantially affect the PL emission and quantum yield and thus affect the cooling/heating characteristics. The highest intensity of anti-Stokes emission from the GC samples was observed in the composition containing 1.5 mol % or 2.0 mol % of Yb3+. Experiments monitoring the sample temperature at varying excitation wavelength between 1020 and 1030 nm demonstrates that the 1.5 mol % or 2.0 mol % Yb3+ concentrations are the most suitable for laser cooling applications.
Keywords:
Ytterbium
Oxyfluoride glass-ceramics
Photoluminescence
Quantum yield
anti-Stokes emission
Fiber bragg grating
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Journal of Luminescence
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