钬掺杂铌酸锂晶体在550nm激发下紫外至紫光区域上转换发光的研究.docVIP

钬掺杂铌酸锂晶体在550nm激发下紫外至紫光区域上转换发光的研究 　　【摘要】采用Czochralski法生长出一系列不同Ho3+（0.1，0.3，0.5 mol%）摩尔掺杂浓度的Ho：LiNbO3单晶。X射线衍射结果显示了Ho：LiNbO3晶体的结构特性。在550nm光源的激发下，在样品中检测到了由于3D3→5IJ（J=6和8）和5Gk→5I8（k=3，4，5和6）能级跃迁引起的紫外至紫光区域的上转换发光。交叉弛豫5G4+5I8→5F4/5S2+5I6导致了发光强度随着Ho3+掺杂浓度增加而减弱。晶体的紫外-可见光-进红外吸收光谱表明在Ho3+掺杂浓度为0.3mol%和0.5mol%时，Ho3+占据了LiNbO3晶体的Nb位。 　　【关键词】Ho：LiNbO3晶体； 上转换； 紫外和紫光 　　Abstract：Congruent LiNbO3 crystals doped with x mol% Ho3+ ions （x = 0.1， 0.3 and 0.5 mol%） （Ho：LiNbO3） are grown by Czochralski method. The structural properties of the grown crystals are confirmed by the powder X-ray diffraction （XRD） patterns. The ultraviolet and violet upconversion emissions， arising from the transitions of 3D3→5IJ（J=6and8） and 5Gk→5I8（k=3，4，5and6），respectively，were observed in Ho：LiNbO3 crystals under 550 nm excitation.A reduced intensity ratio of UC emission at 380 nm to the NIR emission at 760 nm observed in Ho：LiNbO3 was attributed to the efficient cross relaxation process of5G4+5I8→5F4/5S2+5I6.The studies on the ultraviolet-visible-near infrared （UV-Vis-NIR） absorption spectra indicate that Ho3+ ions may enter into Nb sites in LiNbO3 crystals doped with 0.3 mol% and 0.5 mol% Ho3+ ions. 　　Key Words ：Ho：LiNbO3 crystal； Upconversion； Ultraviolet and violet 　　1. Introduction 　　The upconversion （UC） emission arising from the activated rare-earth （RE） ions is important for practical applications such as solar cells， UC laser， biological imaging， temperature sensors and DNA detection [1-4].In particular， the solid-state lasers working in the ultraviolet （UV） spectral range have attributed much attention since the UV lasers have great potential applications of optical data storage， color displays， environmental monitoring， etc.[5-7]. Therefore， many efforts have been expanded to obtain the efficient UC-UV emission. G. Y. Chen[8] reported that the blue and violet UC emissions of Er3+ at 409 nm （2H9/2→4I15/2） and 390 nm （4G11/2→4I15/2） can be observed in Yb3+/Er3+：Y2O3 nanocrystals under 980 nm exci