Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 202, Issue -, Pages 1305-1312Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2014.06.074
Keywords
Rare earth doped glass; Upconversion emission; Temperature sensor
Funding
- South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology
- National Research Foundation of South Africa [84415]
- University of the Free State
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This article reports on the visible upconversion and temperature sensing behaviour of Er3+-Yb3+ doped/codoped TeO2-WO3 glasses prepared by a melting and quenching method. The upconversion emissions have been observed throughout the visible and infrared region upon 980 nm and 808 nm excitations and assigned suitably from different transitions of the Er3+ ion. The emission intensities of the most intense green band have been enhanced on the co-doping with theYb(3+) ions with about 5.92 and 3.99 times upon 980 and 808 nm excitations, respectively. The reason behind this improvement is explained on the basis of a power dependence study and an energy level structure. The colour tunability behaviour of the codoped glass has also been investigated upon both excitations. The temperature sensing performance of the prepared glass has been studied by using the fluorescence intensity ratio technique up to 745 K. The results suggested that the present glass is a suitable candidate for making a high temperature sensor up to 690 K with a sensitivity of about 28.72 10(-4) K-1. (C) 2014 Elsevier By. All rights reserved.
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