title: Wavelength translation based on photoinduced broadband absorption in Nd3+ -doped lanthanum lead zirconate titanate ceramics.
abstract: A correlation between a photoinduced broadband absorption (BBA) and a strong long persistent optoenergy storage (LPOES), both evident in ceramic plates of neodymium-doped lanthanum-modified lead zirconate titanate (Nd:PLZT), has been proposed and verified experimentally. As a direct evidence of the suggested correlation, a 3.0 dB gain was obtained with a preilluminated Nd:PLZT plate by simply heating up the plate to 60 degrees C. Thermal history related gain profiles taken in an Nd:PLZT plate unveiled that the intrinsically rich carrier traps in the ceramics are highly responsible for the remarkable BBA and underlying LPOES, and hence thermal to near-IR wavelength translation.
authors.affiliation: Boston Applied Technologies, Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, USA. jwzhang@bostonati.com
authors.forename: Jingwen W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Kewen K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yingyin K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Baldassare Di
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Bartolo
authors.forename: Xuesheng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen