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CPP: Fachverband Chemische Physik und Polymerphysik
CPP 66: Glasses and Glass Transition (joint session DY/CPP/DF, organized by DY)
CPP 66.9: Talk
Friday, March 24, 2017, 12:15–12:30, ZEU 118
Glass structure and quantum efficiency of luminescent borate glass — •A. Charlotte Rimbach1, Bernd Ahrens1,2, Franziska Steudel2, and Stefan Schweizer1,2 — 1South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Luebecker Ring 2, 59494 Soest — 2Fraunhofer Application Center for Inorganic Phosphors, Branch Lab of Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, Luebecker Ring 2, 59494 Soest
Luminescent glasses have gained more importance in the last decades, in particular for lasers, optical fibres, and optical amplifiers. For optical applications, borate glass is very versatile in shape and a suitable host for luminescent lanthanide ions due to its good lanthanide ion solubility. The borate glass system possesses a high transparency, low melting point as well as high mechanical, chemical, and thermal stability. Various luminescent borate glasses using boron oxide as network former and lithium oxide as network modifier are prepared. Here, the ratio between network former and network modifier determines the mechanical and chemical properties of the glass. An important parameter for the evaluation of luminescent materials is the absolute photoluminescence quantum efficiency (QE), i.e. the ratio of emitted to absorbed photons. While the ratio between network former and network modifier affects the QE only slightly, additional doping with aluminium oxide to reduce hygroscopicity results in a significant decrease in QE. Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy are used to analyze the structure of the glass network; the results are correlated with the QE measurements.