Glasses in the CdO-SiO2 system, at room temperature show a broad (0.5
eV) UV-excited photoluminescence (PL) band of intrinsic nature centere
d at 590 nm. The PL intensity shows a weak dependence with temperature
down to 10 K and a lifetime of the order of 0.1 ms. For Nd3+-doped ca
dmium silicate glasses, an effective radiative transfer between the ho
st and the Nd3+ ions is observed.