Thermal, structural and spectroscopic properties of heavy metal oxide glass and glass-ceramics doped with Er~(3+) ions

摘要

In this paper, bismuth-germanate oxide glass doped with erbium ions has been synthesized. Composition of the glass has been chosen in terms of the low phonon energy and good transparency in the infrared region. Transparent glass-ceramics sample has been prepared by controlled crystallization process. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) has been used to determinate structural properties of samples. The absorption coefficient, the luminescence intensity in visible and infrared region and the differential scanning calorimetry have been examined. Difference in the emission intensity and shape of the luminescence bands indicates the presence of crystalline phases in obtained glass-ceramics sample.