Author Affiliations
1College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China;2The R & D Center for High Power Laser Components, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China;show less
Fig. 1. Preparation process of Yb3+-doped silica glass samples
Fig. 2. Absorption and fluorescence spectra of YA series samples, the insets are absorption and fluorescence intensities at 1018 nm, respectively. (a) Absorption spectra; (b) fluorescence spectra
Fig. 3. Absorption and fluorescence spectra of YAP series samples, the insets are absorption and fluorescence intensities at 1018 nm, respectively. (a) Absorption spectra; (b) fluorescence spectra
Fig. 4. Absorption and fluorescence spectra of YP series samples, the insets are absorption and fluorescence intensities at 1018 nm, respectively. (a) Absorption spectra; (b) fluorescence spectra
Fig. 5. Absorption and fluorescence spectral lines of YA2 glass sample (after Lorentz fitting). (a) Absorption spectral line; (b) fluorescence spectral line
Fig. 6. Normalized spectral intensity of three series of optimal samples at 1018 nm. (a) Absorption spectra; (b) fluorescence spectra
Fig. 7. Raman spectra of YA and YP series samples. (a) YA series samples; (b) YP series samples
Fig. 8. 2D-HYSCORE spectra of YA2 and YP8 samples. (a) YA2 sample; (b) YP8 sample
Yb3+-doped silica glass sample | Molar fraction/% |
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Yb2O3 | Al2O3 | P2O5 | SiO2 | |
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YA series | YA2 | 0.1 | 2 | | 99.9 | YA4 | 0.1 | 4 | | 95.9 | YA16 | 0.1 | 16 | 83.9 | | YAP series | YAP0.25 | 0.1 | 4 | 1 | 94.9 | YAP1 | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 91.9 | YAP2 | 0.1 | 4 | 8 | 87.9 | YP series | YP8 | 0.1 | | 8 | 91.9 | YP10 | 0.1 | | 10 | 89.9 | YP12 | 0.1 | | 12 | 87.9 |
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Table 1. Mean composition of three series of Yb3+-doped silica glass samples
Yb3+-doped silicaglasses sample | Stark energy / cm-1 | NJ | α |
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E7 | E6 | E5 | E4 | E3 | E2 | E1 |
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YA series | YA2 | 11022 | 10793 | 10263 | 1021 | 632 | 447 | 0 | 4167 | 1.07 | YA4 | 10990 | 10737 | 10266 | 996 | 618 | 433 | 0 | 4065 | 0.96 | YA16 | 10968 | 10682 | 10273 | 906 | 575 | 381 | 0 | 3698 | 0.83 | YAP series | YAP0.25 | 11021 | 10773 | 10264 | 996 | 502 | 420 | 0 | 4060 | 1.01 | YAP1 | 10998 | 10750 | 10264 | 973 | 523 | 519 | 0 | 3971 | 0.98 | YAP2 | 10959 | 10499 | 10278 | 843 | 518 | 285 | 0 | 3440 | 0.39 | YP series | YP8 | 10950 | 10538 | 10255 | 799 | 484 | 323 | 0 | 3261 | 0.52 | YP10 | 10938 | 10535 | 10254 | 774 | 490 | 328 | 0 | 3159 | 0.50 | YP12 | 10935 | 10528 | 10258 | 769 | 505 | 331 | 0 | 3138 | 0.48 |
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Table 2. Yb3+ Stark transition energies, scalar crystal-field parameters NJ and asymmetry degree α in different series of glass samples
Raman shift /cm-1 | Vibration |
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430 | Si—O—Si bond symmetric stretching vibration | 483 | Structural defect of plane quaternion ring | 603 | Planar ternary ring structural defect | 800 | Si—O—Si bond bending vibrations | 1065,1200 | Si—O—Si antisymmetric stretching vibration (silica glass) | 1320 | P=O stretching vibration | 1000--1250 | Stretching vibration of Si-O-Si, Si-O-P, P-O-P, P-O-Al, and Si-O-Al |
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Table 3. Raman peak position in the quartz glass matrix