Zhu Bin, Zhang Songmin, Zhou Shifeng, Jiang Nan, Qiu Jianrong
State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Opt Lett. 2007 Mar 15;32(6):653-5. doi: 10.1364/ol.32.000653.
We report on near-infrared to visible upconversion luminescence in transparent Eu3+-doped SrO-TiO2-SiO2 glass-ceramics. X-ray diffraction analysis indicates that Sr2TiSi2O8 crystallites are precipitated in the glass after heat treatment at 850 degrees C for 2 h. The Eu3+-doped glass-ceramics show strongly enhanced upconversion luminescence and greatly improved damage threshold compared with the as-prepared glass. The mechanisms of the observed phenomena are discussed.