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Tunable luminescence from Sm3+, Ce3+ codoped Al2O3–La2O3–SiO2 glasses for white light emission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Jianrong Qiu*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: qjr@zju.edu.cn
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Abstract

Sm3+, Ce3+ codoped Al2O3–La2O3–SiO2 glasses were prepared and their luminescence properties were characterized. Blue-cyan to orange-red tunable luminescence was observed from these glasses with different excitation wavelengths ranging from 385 to 410 nm. White light emission with internal luminescence efficiency 42% has been observed using commercially available purple light-emitting-diode excitation. The energy transfer between Ce3+ and Sm3+ has also been investigated from fluorescence decay curves and spectral properties.

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