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Lanthanide-Based Luminescent Materials for Waveguide and Lasing

Journal

CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 21-33

Publisher

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201901447

Keywords

lanthanide; lasing; microcavity; upconversion; waveguide

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [51802198, 21773200]
  2. Science and Technology Foundation of Shenzhen [JCYJ20170818144438033]
  3. Natural Science Foundation of Shenzhen University [2018004]
  4. Research Grants Council of Hong Kong [CityU 11204717, 11205219]

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Microlasers and waveguides have wide applications in the fields of photonics and optoelectronics. Lanthanide-doped luminescent materials featuring large Stokes/anti-Stokes shift, long excited-state lifetime as well as sharp emission bandwidth are excellent optical components for photonic applications. In the past few years, great progress has been made in the design and fabrication of lanthanide-based waveguides and lasers at the micrometer length scale. Waveguide structures and microcavities can be fabricated from lanthanide-doped amorphous materials through top-down process. Alternatively, lanthanide-doped organic compounds featuring large absorption cross-section can self-assemble into low-dimensional structures of well-defined size and morphology. In recent years, lanthanide-doped crystalline structures displaying highly tunable excitation and emission properties have emerged as promising waveguide and lasing materials, which substantially extends the range of lasing wavelength. In this minireview, we discuss recent advances in lanthanide-based luminescent materials that are designed for waveguide and lasing applications. We also attempt to highlight challenging problems of these materials that obstacle further development of this field.

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