Da. Turnbull et al., Broad-band excitation mechanism for photoluminescence in Er-doped Ge25Ga1.7As8.3S65 glasses, J NON-CRYST, 244(2-3), 1999, pp. 260-266
Photoluminescence (PL) and photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectroscopy
have been carried out at both room temperature and at 5 K on a series of Er
-doped GeGaAsS glasses with varying doping concentrations, ranging from 200
to 7400 ppm Er. It is found that increased Er doping concentration results
in an increase in the strength of the broad band excitation of the Er3+ at
oms. In addition, at low temperatures, a direct link between the broad band
excitation process and the host glass luminescence is observed. The increa
sed strength of the broad band excitation of the Er3+ dopants corresponds w
ith a decrease in the intensity of the host glass luminescence in the more
heavily doped samples. This is interpreted as a quenching of the host glass
luminescence through an increase in the non-radiative transfer of energy f
rom defect states in the glass to the Er dopants. This supports a previous
hypothesis that the same native defect states in the glass are involved in
both the host glass PL and the broad band PLE of the rare earth dopants. Th
e implications of the current results for the understanding of luminescence
properties in undoped chalcogenide glasses are discussed briefly. (C) 1999
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