Photoluminescence of a Te^4+ center in zinc borate glass

Hirokazu Masai, Yasuhiro Yamada, Shun Okumura, Yoshihiko Kanemitsu, Toshinobu Yoko
2013 Optics Letters  
Photoluminescent (PL) properties related to Te 4 species in zinc borate glasses are examined. Broad emission was observed by the excitation of the PL excitation peak of Te 4 present at the optical absorption edge. The emission intensity of Te 4 in 5TeO 2 -50ZnO-45B 2 O 3 glass was thermally quenched in a temperature region over 100 K, suggesting that concentration quenching preferentially occurred. The lifetime of the emission was approximately 2.5 μs, which is characteristic of relaxation from
more » ... the triplet excitation state of an ns 2 -type center.
doi:10.1364/ol.38.003780 pmid:24081051 fatcat:uqjiykvxcvemtomrteuubbrze4