Luminescent properties of fluorine phosphate glasses doped with PbSe and PbS quantum dots

Optical properties of the PbS/PbSe molecular clusters (MCs) and PbS/PbSe quantum dots (QDs) in fluorine phosphate glasses were studied. Luminescence of MCs (excited by UV radiation) was obtained in visible spectral region and it's absolute quantum yield was up to 10%. It was found, that PbS QDs with sizes 3 nm, 3.5 nm and 4.9 nm demonstrate strong luminescence at 970, 1300 and 1500 nm with Stokes shift 80 -50 meV. PbSe QDs with sizes 2.5, 2.6, 3.0, 3,7 and 5.1 nm have strong luminescence at 1050, 1100, 1300, 1500 and 1650 nm with Stokes shift 355-60 meV. Glasses doped with PbS(Se) QDs provide potential as robust materials for broadband optic amplifiers. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.