Luminescence of Aluminoborosilicate Glasses Doped with Gd3+ Ions

Evguenia Malchukova (1) , A. J. Nepomnyashchikh (2) , Bruno Boizot (1) , T. S. Shamirzaev (3) , Guillaume Petite (1)

1 LSI - Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés
2 Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry, Siberian Branch
3 Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian branch

The twophoton absorption that leads to the ultraviolet upconversion luminescence in the SiO2–Al2O3–B2O3–Na2O3–Zr2O : Gd3+ glass has been investigated. The inference has been made that no photon cascade emission takes place under excitation by monochromatic light corresponding to the maximum of the absorption band of the Cd3+ ion (204 nm). The mechanisms of concentration quenching and energy transfer between Cd3+ ions and optically active defects of the aluminoborosilicate glass have been discussed.

Keywords: Irradiation; Luminescence; Emission; Gd3+

Domains: Physics [physics]; Condensed Matter [cond-mat]; Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

Evguenia Malchukova, A. J. Nepomnyashchikh, Bruno Boizot, T. S. Shamirzaev, Guillaume Petite. Luminescence of Aluminoborosilicate Glasses Doped with Gd3+ Ions. Physics of the Solid State, 2010, 52 (9), pp.1919. ⟨10.1134/S1063783410090222⟩. ⟨hal-00512603⟩