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JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
Volume 114, Issue 3-4, Pages 178-186Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2004.12.010
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rare-earth; laser; valence change; glass; sol-gel
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Femtosecond laser pulses were used to change the valence of Sm3+ ions doped in silicate glasses consisting of Al2O3 and TiO2. When doped in TiO2-SiO2 glass, no change was observed in Sm3+ ions by laser irradiation. On the other hand, Sm3+ ions were reduced to Sm2+ in Al2O3-containing glasses. Fluorescence line-narrowing spectra indicate that Ti4+ ions are dissolved in silica network and occupy the tetrahedral site forming Si-O-Ti bonds, while Al3+ ions occupy tetrahedral and octahedral sites. The laser irradiation carries to form the hole-defect centers in the oxygen ions in the Al-O octahedral. The released electrons from oxygen ions are captured in the nearest neighboring Sm3+ ions, resulting in the formation of Sm2+. On the other hand, in the Ti4+-containing glasses, the electrons are trapped in Ti4+ ions and no Sm2+ ions are formed. The fluorescence properties of the Sm2+ ions and defect centers were compared from the time-resolved fluorescence spectra. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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