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Bordon CDDS, Dipold J, Wetter NU, de Rossi W, Freitas AZ, Kassab LRP. Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on the Optical Properties of Double Line Waveguides Written by fs Laser in Nd 3+-Doped GeO 2-PbO Glasses. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:743. [PMID: 36839111 PMCID: PMC9964180 DOI: 10.3390/nano13040743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Nd3+-doped GeO2-PbO glass with silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) are produced with double line waveguides through fs laser processing for photonic applications. A Ti:sapphire fs laser at 800 nm was used to write the waveguides directly into the glass 0.7 mm beneath the surface. This platform is based on pairs of parallel lines with spacing of 10 µm, each pair being formed by two identical written lines but in two different configurations of 4 or 8 separately processed lines, which are coincident. The results of optical microscopy, absorbance measurements, refractive index change, beam quality factor (at 632 and 1064 nm), photoluminescence, propagation losses, and relative gain at 1064 nm are presented. The structural changes in the glass due to the presence of Ag NPs were investigated by Raman spectroscopy. At 632 and 1064 nm, x,y-symmetrical guiding was observed, and for both kinds of overlapping pulses, a refractive index alteration of 10-3 was found in both directions. Photoluminescence growth of ~47% at 1064 nm was observed due to the plasmonic effect of Ag NPs. In dual waveguides containing Ag NPs, the relative gain obtained increased by 40% and 30% for four and eight overlapping lines, respectively, at 600 mW of 808 nm pump power, when compared to waveguides without those metallic NPs. We highlight the resultant positive internal gains of 5.11 and 7.12 dB/cm that showed a growth of ~40% and ~30%, respectively, with respect to the samples without Ag NPs. The increase in photoluminescence and relative gain were related to the local field growth produced by Ag NPs. The present results show that the addition of Ag NPs impacts positively on the optical performance at 1064 nm of double line waveguides processed by fs laser writing in Nd3+-doped GeO2-PbO glass, opening news perspectives for photonics.
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- Camila Dias da Silva Bordon
- Departamento de Engenharia de Sistemas Eletrônicos, Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 158, Travessa 3, São Paulo 05508-900, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN, 2242, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, São Paulo 05508-000, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN, 2242, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, São Paulo 05508-000, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN, 2242, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, São Paulo 05508-000, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN, 2242, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, São Paulo 05508-000, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Tecnologia de São Paulo, CEETEPS, Praça Cel. Fernando Prestes, 30, São Paulo 01124-060, SP, Brazil
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Transition Metals (Cr 3+) and Lanthanides (Eu 3+) in Inorganic Glasses with Extremely Different Glass-Formers B 2O 3 and GeO 2. MATERIALS 2021; 14:ma14237156. [PMID: 34885309 PMCID: PMC8658304 DOI: 10.3390/ma14237156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Glasses containing two different network-forming components and doped with optically active ions exhibit interesting properties. In this work, glass systems based on germanium dioxide and boron trioxide singly doped with lanthanides (Eu3+) and transition metals (Cr3+) ions are research subjects. Optical spectroscopy was the major research tool used to record excitation and emission spectra in a wide spectral range for studied systems. The emitted radiation of glasses doped with Cr3+ ions is dominated by broadband luminescence centered at 770 nm and 1050 nm (4T2 → 4A2). Interestingly, the increase of concentration of one of the oxides contributed to the detectable changes of the R-line (2E → 4A2) of Cr3+ ions. Moreover, EPR spectroscopy confirmed the paramagnetic properties of the obtained glasses. The influence of molar ratio GeO2:B2O3 on spectroscopic properties for Eu3+ ions is discussed. The intensity of luminescence bands due to transitions of trivalent europium ions as well as the ratio R/O decrease with the increase of B2O3. On the other hand, the increase in concentration B2O3 influences the increasing tendency of luminescence lifetimes for the 5D0 state of Eu3+ ions. The results will contribute to a better understanding of the role of the glass host and thus the prospects for new optical materials.
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Pisarski WA, Kowalska K, Kuwik M, Polak J, Pietrasik E, Goryczka T, Pisarska J. Novel Multicomponent Titanate-Germanate Glasses: Synthesis, Structure, Properties, Transition Metal, and Rare Earth Doping. MATERIALS 2020; 13:ma13194422. [PMID: 33020461 PMCID: PMC7579044 DOI: 10.3390/ma13194422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Novel multicomponent titanate-germanate glasses singly doped with transition metal (Cr3+) and rare earth ions (Eu3+) were synthesized and the glass transition temperatures and thermal stability parameters were determined using DSC measurements. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed fully amorphous nature of the received samples. Their structural and optical properties were compared with germanate glasses without TiO2. Correlation between local structure and optical properties in titanate-germanate glasses is well evidenced by FT-IR, Raman, EPR, and luminescence spectroscopy. In particular, luminescence spectra and their decays are examined for glass samples, where GeO2 was partially substituted by TiO2.
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- Wojciech A. Pisarski
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9 Street, 40-007 Katowice, Poland; (K.K.); (M.K.); (J.P.); (E.P.); (J.P.)
- Correspondence:
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9 Street, 40-007 Katowice, Poland; (K.K.); (M.K.); (J.P.); (E.P.); (J.P.)
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9 Street, 40-007 Katowice, Poland; (K.K.); (M.K.); (J.P.); (E.P.); (J.P.)
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9 Street, 40-007 Katowice, Poland; (K.K.); (M.K.); (J.P.); (E.P.); (J.P.)
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9 Street, 40-007 Katowice, Poland; (K.K.); (M.K.); (J.P.); (E.P.); (J.P.)
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- Institute of Materials Science, University of Silesia, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1A Street, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland;
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9 Street, 40-007 Katowice, Poland; (K.K.); (M.K.); (J.P.); (E.P.); (J.P.)
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Koroleva ON, Shtenberg MV, Zainullina RT, Lebedeva SM, Nevolina LA. Vibrational spectroscopy and density of K 2O-B 2O 3-GeO 2 glasses with variable B/Ge ratio. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:12676-12684. [PMID: 31161165 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp01374a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Glasses of the K2O-B2O3-GeO2 system were studied by means of Raman and IR spectroscopy. The density of the samples was measured and the dependence of the molar volume and atomic density on composition was calculated. Curve-fitting of Raman spectra was applied to obtain a definition of the main structural units formed in the system. The conditions for highly-coordinated boron and germanium atoms were obtained. It was shown that potassium cations remain connected to germanate structural units at a B/Ge ratio of up to 1, whereas the explicit redistribution of borate and germanate structural groupings becomes most noticeable only at a B/Ge ratio > 2.
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- Olga N Koroleva
- Institute of Mineralogy SU FRC MG UB RAS, Miass 456317, Russia. and South-Ural State University, Miass 456318, Russia
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