title: Thermal stability and spectroscopic properties of Er3+-doped antimony-borosilicate glasses.
abstract: This paper reports on the optical spectroscopic properties and thermal stability of Er3+-doped antimony-borosilicate glasses for developing 1.5 microm optical amplifiers. Upon excitation at 980 nm laser diode, an intense 1.5 microm infrared fluorescence has been observed with the maximum full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 90 nm for Er3+-doped antimony-borosilicate glasses. The emission cross-section and the lifetime of the 4I13/2 level of Er3+ ions are 6.3 x 10(-21) cm2 and 0.30 ms, respectively. It is noted that the product of the emission cross-section and FWHM of the glass studied is as great as 567 x 10(-21) cm2 nm, which is comparable or higher than that of bismuthate and tellurite glasses.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Specially Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, South China University of Technology, 381# Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510641, PR China.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Q Y
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000965:Antimony / Q000737:chemistry*; D001729:Bismuth / Q000737:chemistry; D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning / Q000379:methods; D004871:Erbium / Q000737:chemistry*; D005898:Glass; D007477:Ions; D008956:Models, Chemical; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D017640:Silicates / Q000737:chemistry*; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods; D013691:Tellurium / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D017640:Silicates; D004871:Erbium; D000965:Antimony; C026660:tellurous acid; D013691:Tellurium; D001729:Bismuth