Fabrication and Characterization of Sm3+ Doped Zinc Barium Borate Glasses

Y. Yamsuk; P. Yasaka; N. Sangwaranatee; J. Keawkao

doi:10.15407/ujpe63.7.608

Authors

Y. Yamsuk Physics Program, Faculty of Science and Technology, Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University, Center of Excellence in Glass Technology and Materials Science (CEGM), Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University
P. Yasaka Physics Program, Faculty of Science and Technology, Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University, Center of Excellence in Glass Technology and Materials Science (CEGM), Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University
N. Sangwaranatee Faculty of Science and Technology, Suan Sunandha University
J. Keawkao Physics Program, Faculty of Science and Technology, Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University, Center of Excellence in Glass Technology and Materials Science (CEGM), Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe63.7.608

Keywords:

zinc-barium-borate glasses, photoluminescence, Sm3 ion, Judd–Ofelt analysis, emission cross-section

Abstract

Zinc-barium-borate glasses with the composition (60 − x)B2O3–10ZnO–30BaO–xSm2O3 (where x = 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 mol %) doped with Sm3+ ions have been prepared, and their physical and optical properties are investigated. The photoluminescence spectra recorded under the 403-nm excitation exhibited the emission bands at 564, 600, 647, and 710 nm corresponding to the transition 4 G5/2 →6 Hj (j = 5/2, 7/2, 9/2, 11/2), respectively. Judd–Ofelt intensity parameters (Ωl, l = 2, 4 and 6) have been evaluated, and the radiative transition probabilities, emission cross-section, and branching ratios for the excited levels of Sm3+ ions
are predicted. The lifetime of the 4 G5/2 level is found to decrease with an increase in the Sm3+ ion concentration.

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