Author Affiliations
1Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan , China2Key Lab of Advanced Materials of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650093, Yunnan , Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Phase and emission properties of BaSi2O5∶Eu2+,Nd3+,Yb3+ and NaYF4∶Yb3+,Tm3+ samples. (a) X-ray diffraction pattern; (b) photoluminescence, photoluminescence excitation, absorption, and photo-stimulated luminescence spectra of BaSi2O5∶Eu2+,Nd3+,Yb3+; (c) up-conversion spectra of NaYF4∶Yb3+,Tm3+ with 808 nm shortwave passing filter; (d) up-conversion spectra of NaYF4∶Yb3+,Tm3+ without 808 nm shortwave passing filter
Fig. 2. Trap filling properties of BaSi2O5∶Eu2+,Nd3+,Yb3+ under thermal‑assisted excitation. (a) Thermal‑assisted TL curves under low-power 365 nm excitation; (b) thermal‑assisted TL curves under low-power 450 nm excitation (inset: TL curve excited at room temperature at 254 nm, 6 W mercury lamp, and the comparison proves that BaSi2O5∶Eu2+,Nd3+,Yb3+ is still a shortwave ultraviolet activated PSL material)
Fig. 3. Optical storage properties of composite systems excited by 980 nm laser. (a) TL curves of composite powder after 980 nm laser excitation with variable powers; (b) up-conversion spectra of composite silicone film excited by 980 nm laser with variable powers; (c) TL curves of composite powder after 980 nm laser with same power at different ambient temperatures; (d) thermal‑assisted TL curves of composite powders after high-power 450 nm LED excitation
Fig. 4. Experimental demonstration of intensity multiplexing optical storage based on composite silicone film. (a) Operation diagram; (b) signal photos of intensity multiplexing; (c) signal photos of continuous heat release
Write type/materials type | Typical material | Write wave | Advantage | Disadvantage | Reason |
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Traditional single component PSL materials | BaFBr:Eu2+[38];SrAl2O4∶Eu2+,Dy3+[39] | X-ray,UV,blue | High capacity,diverse types | Expensive light sources,unfavorable for biological applications | Efficient excitation of near-conduction band energy levels for excellent filling efficiency | Single component up-conversion PSL materials-without thermal assistance | Zn3Ga2GeO8∶Cr3+,Yb3+,Er3+[15] | NIR laser | Sizable capacity,biological applications | Focused on blue and red light writing PSL system | Low blue and violet light emission during up-conversion process,write laser may release captured photons | Single component up-conversion PSL materials-with thermal assistance | Zn3Ga2GeO8∶Cr3+[16] | NIR laser | Sizable capacity,biological applications | Need to have a suitable energy level structure(narrow bandgap) | Similar to phonon-assisted up-conversion,the band-gap width that can be crossed is limited | Single component upconversion-like PSL materials | CaSnO3∶Bi2+[17] | NIR LED | Sizable capacity,biological applications | Need to have a precise energy level structure | Low excitation level position of the luminescent center needs to be equivalent to the position of the deep trap level | Composite component up-conversion PSL material-without thermal assistance | NaYF4∶Tm3+@NaYF4/Zn1.1Ga1.8O4∶Ge4+,Cr3+[18] | NIR laser | Sizable capacity,biological applications | Focused on blue and red light writing PSL system | Low blue and violet light emission during up-conversion process,write laser may release captured photons | Composite component up-conversion PSL material-with thermal assistance | This work | NIR laser | Sizable capacity,activate the UV-written PSL mater | PSL materials have good “thermal increment” performance | Low blue and violet light emission during up-conversion process,write laser may release captured photons | Single component ultraviolet emitting up-conversion PSL material | Y3Al2Ga3O12∶Pr3+,Eu3+[40] | Blue laser | Useful capacity,single laser for reading,writing,and erasing | May be limited to UV emission and PSL materials activated by Pr3+ ion | Highly dependent on the bandgap structure of the matrix and the energy level structure of the luminescent center ion |
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Table 1. Comparison of advantages and disadvantages of different optical storage modes based on PSL materials