Near- and Mid-Infrared Emissions from Ga2S3–GeS2–Sb2S3: Er, Nd Glasses

Authors

  • V.V. Halyan Department of Experimental Physics, Information and Education Technologies, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
  • A.H. Kevshyn Department of Experimental Physics, Information and Education Technologies, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
  • І.А. Ivashchenko Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology
  • T.K. Yatsyniuk Department of Experimental Physics, Information and Education Technologies, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
  • B.A. Tataryn Department of Chemistry and Technology, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
  • M.A. Skoryk G.V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine
  • O.О. Lebed National University of Water and Environmental Engineering
  • V.O. Yukhymchuk V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Nat. Acad. of Sci.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe70.1.48

Keywords:

chalcogenide glasses, Ga2S3–GeS2–Sb2S3 system, rare earth metals, optical absorption, photoluminescence, IR materials

Abstract

Glasses of 20 mol.% Ga2S3 – 60 mol.% GeS2 – 20 mol.% Sb2S3: Er2S3 (1–4 mol.%); Nd2S3 (2 mol.%) composition were obtained by the quenching technique. The optical absorption spectra investigation established that maxima at 655, 755, 810, 885, 980, and 1540 nm are the main absorption bands. Upon excitation of PL by radiation with λ = 805 nm, bands with maxima at 1070, 1350, 1540, 1700, and 2490 nm appear in the spectrum, which corresponds to the transitions 4F3/24I11/2 (Nd3+), 4F3/24I13/2 (Nd3+), 4I13/24I15/2 (Er3+), 4I9/24I13/2 (Er3+), 4I13/24I9/2 (Nd3+) in f-shells of both rare earth metals. The glass matrix’s high transmittance values and intense photoluminescence caused by Er3+ and Nd3+ make them suitable for designing optoelectronic devices for working in the near and mid – IR ranges.

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2025-01-18

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Halyan, V., Kevshyn, A., Ivashchenko І., Yatsyniuk Т., Tataryn, B., Skoryk М., Lebed О., & Yukhymchuk, V. (2025). Near- and Mid-Infrared Emissions from Ga2S3–GeS2–Sb2S3: Er, Nd Glasses. Ukrainian Journal of Physics, 70(1), 48. https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe70.1.48

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