Efficient green fluorescence and upconversion emissions from Er 3+ ions in CdS sol gel silica glass
                
                        
                        PANKAJ DUTTA1,*
                            
                        
                    
                    Affiliation
                    
                        
                        - Laser and Spectroscopy laboratory, Department of Physics, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh -786 004, Assam, India
 
                        
                    
                     
        
        Abstract
        Er3+ ions doped in CdS silica glasses were prepared by sol-gel route. Absorption and photoluminescence spectra of the glasses were analyzed in the light of the Judd-Ofelt theory. Spectroscopic analysis of the multiphoton processes in the glasses was carried out by monitoring the upconversion luminescence. The study reveals the potential of the present glass for the 4S3/2 → 4I15/2 and 2H11/2 → 4I15/2 Erbium lasing transitions..
        Keywords
        Judd Ofelt Parameters, Photoluminescence, Upconversion, Rare-Earth.
        Citation
        PANKAJ DUTTA, Efficient green fluorescence and upconversion emissions from Er 3+ ions in CdS sol gel silica glass, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 6, 3-4, March-April 2012, pp.427-433 (2012).
        Submitted at: Jan. 11, 2012
 
        Accepted at: April 11, 2012