Ge. Malashkevich et al., INFLUENCE OF FREON HEAT-TREATMENT ON OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF ER-DOPED SILICA-GEL GLASSES, Acta Physica Polonica. A, 90(2), 1996, pp. 419-421
The effect of freon heat treatment on optical properties of Er-doped s
ilica glasses obtained by the sol-gel method was investigated. It was
found that fluorine ions in the process of hydrolysis replace hydroxyl
ions in the host and form the complexes with Er3+ ions. It leads to a
significant improvement of optical properties of Er doped silica glas
s.