Stokes and anti-Stokes luminescence of Er3+ doped Ga10Ge25S65 glass excited at 980 and 532 nm

Abstract

We report on photoluminescence (PL) properties of Er3+ doped Ga10Ge25S65 glass. Experiments were performed using 5 ns laser pulses at 980 nm (532 nm), in resonance with the I415/2→I411/2 (I415/2→H211/2) transition of the Er3+ ions. PL bands were observed from the blue to the near-infrared and the dependence of their intensity as a function of the laser intensity was analyzed. The PL temporal behavior was analyzed through rate equations for the population densities and using the Inokuti–Hirayama model. The results allowed identification of the PL pathways and the characterization of energy transfer processes involving pairs of ions.