Energy transfer from Cr to Nd in substitutional crystal Y3GaxAl5-x O12 codoped with Nd and Cr

Takagi, Kazuki and Yamaga, Mitsuo and Villora, Encarnacion G. and Shimamura, Kiyoshi and Hasegawa, Kazuo and Ito, Hiroshi and Mizuno, Shintaro and Takeda, Yasuhiko and Han, Thomas P J (2016) Energy transfer from Cr to Nd in substitutional crystal Y3GaxAl5-x O12 codoped with Nd and Cr. Journal of Luminescence, 169 (Part A). pp. 65-71. ISSN 0022-2313 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2015.08.044)

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Abstract

Garnet crystals codoped with Nd3+ and Cr3+ ions are a candidate for solar-pumped laser materials. Substitutional disordered crystals Y3GaxAl5-xO12 were prepared to improve the pumping efficiency of Nd3+ luminescence and energy transfer from Cr3+ to Nd3+ ions. The substitutional disordered crystal host produced inhomogeneous broadening of the Nd3+ and Cr3+ optical spectra. Enhancement of overlapping between the Cr3+ absorption bands and the solar spectrum, and between the Cr3+ luminescence bands and the Nd3+ absorption lines led to the increases of the pumping efficiency and the energy transfer rates, respectively. The excitation spectrum of the Nd3+ luminescence, the nonexponential decay curves of the Cr3+ luminescence, and the quantum yields of the Cr3+ and Nd3+ luminescence have given evidence on the energy transfer from Cr3+ to Nd3+ ions.

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