PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES OF CR-ER-GGG

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LUNDT, H
WEIDNER, H
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[1] Wacker - Chemitronic Research Center, W-8263 Burghausen
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10.1016/0030-4018(91)90365-K
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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An analysis of the photoluminescence properties of Cr:Er:GGG indicates that the erbium emission at 1.6-mu-m and 2.8-mu-m can be efficiently sensitized by a chromium co-doping. Increasing the erbium concentration enhances the 2.8-mu-m emission, while the 1.6-mu-m emission decreases. This effect is due to a cooperative upconversion of two erbium ions in the 4I13/2 state. The lifetime of the 2.8-mu-m emission in Cr:Er:GGG is 1.3 ms which is about an order of magnitude longer than in Er:YAG.
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