SOL-GEL SYNTHESIS OF PR-DOPED SILICA GLASSES

Authors
BISWAS A SAHU J ACHARYA HN
Citation
A. Biswas et al., SOL-GEL SYNTHESIS OF PR-DOPED SILICA GLASSES, Materials science & engineering. B, Solid-state materials for advanced technology, 41(3), 1996, pp. 329-332
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Materials science & engineering. B, Solid-state materials for advanced technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09215107
Volume
41
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
329 - 332
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-5107(1996)41:3<329:SSOPSG>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Pr-doped silica gels with Pr-content up to 10 wt.% have been prepared using a colloidal-polymeric as well as polymeric sol-gel method. The g els densified at 1150 degrees C show absorption and fluorescence spect ra similar to that of melt or CVD prepared Pr-doped silica glasses. St ructural properties of the densified gels have also been studied. Al c o-doping increases the fluorescence intensitiy of Pr3+ ions and shifts the maxima to the shorter wavelength side. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevie r Science S.A.