Structure and photophysics of RE ion doped gallium phosphofluoride glasses containing silver nanostructures: Effects of heat treatment and femtosecond direct laser writing.
- Gallium fluoride phosphate glasses are interesting hosts for emissive rare-earth (RE) dopants. Despite featuring low refractive index, they present high energy radiation resistance and a wide optical transmission range (350 to 1700 nm) enabling observation of important RE3+ emissions in the visible to near-infrared spectral range. In a previous, NMR-based structural study of the system xGa(PO3)3–(40-x)GaF3–20BaF2–20ZnF2–20SrF2 (x = 5 - 25 mol%), we verified that the network structure of these glasses is dominated by P-O-Ga linkages with no P-O-P linkages and that Ga is mainly six-coordinated in a mixed fluoride/phosphate environment. For Eu3+ doped samples, the photophysical properties strongly suggest changes in the ion´s ligand distribution toward a fluoride-dominated environment at low P/F, which translates into improved radiative emissions. To extend the studies to other RE doped glasses, and glasses containing Ag nanostructures (and their influence on RE emission), we selected theGallium fluoride phosphate glasses are interesting hosts for emissive rare-earth (RE) dopants. Despite featuring low refractive index, they present high energy radiation resistance and a wide optical transmission range (350 to 1700 nm) enabling observation of important RE3+ emissions in the visible to near-infrared spectral range. In a previous, NMR-based structural study of the system xGa(PO3)3–(40-x)GaF3–20BaF2–20ZnF2–20SrF2 (x = 5 - 25 mol%), we verified that the network structure of these glasses is dominated by P-O-Ga linkages with no P-O-P linkages and that Ga is mainly six-coordinated in a mixed fluoride/phosphate environment. For Eu3+ doped samples, the photophysical properties strongly suggest changes in the ion´s ligand distribution toward a fluoride-dominated environment at low P/F, which translates into improved radiative emissions. To extend the studies to other RE doped glasses, and glasses containing Ag nanostructures (and their influence on RE emission), we selected the composition 25Ga(PO3)3 – 20ZnF2 – 30BaF2 - (25 – x - y)SrF2 – xAgNO3 - yNdF3, where x = 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 mol% and y = 0 or 1 mol%. The glasses were synthesized through the conventional melt-quenching technique and fully characterized from the thermal, structural, and microstructural viewpoints. By appropriate heat-treatment, the presence of both Ag nanoclusters (Ag-NCs, < 10 nm) and larger nanoparticles was confirmed by TEM in agreement with the observation of broad emission bands in the visible spectrum. Excited state lifetime measurements evidence the presence of non-radiative energy transfer processes between the Ag species to Nd3+ ions but there is no direct evidence of plasmon enhancement effects. In samples singly doped with silver, direct laser writing experiments using a femtosecond laser were also performed which induced localized growth of Ag-NCs associated to a variation in the refractive index. Preliminary results indicate the potential of the DLW technique for tailoring optical glass properties.…


| Autor*innen: | Andrea Simone Stucchi de Camargo |
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| Koautor*innen: | Vinicius Duarte Jesus, Leonnam Gotardo Merízio, Gustavo Galleani, Yannick Petit, Thierry Cardinal |
| Dokumenttyp: | Vortrag |
| Veröffentlichungsform: | Präsentation |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2025 |
| Organisationseinheit der BAM: | 5 Werkstofftechnik |
| 5 Werkstofftechnik / 5.6 Glas | |
| DDC-Klassifikation: | Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / Ingenieurwissenschaften / Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten |
| Freie Schlagwörter: | Femtosecond direct laser writting; Gallium phosphofluoride glass; Neodymium; Structure-property correlation |
| Themenfelder/Aktivitätsfelder der BAM: | Material |
| Material / Materialdesign | |
| Veranstaltung: | 27th International Congress on Glass 2025 |
| Veranstaltungsort: | Kolkata, India |
| Beginndatum der Veranstaltung: | 20.01.2025 |
| Enddatum der Veranstaltung: | 24.01.2025 |
| Verfügbarkeit des Dokuments: | Datei im Netzwerk der BAM verfügbar ("Closed Access") |
| Datum der Freischaltung: | 23.07.2025 |
| Referierte Publikation: | Nein |
| Eingeladener Vortrag (wissenschaftliche Konferenzen): | Ja |

