简介:Intensevisibleemissionsfromdysprosium(Dy3+)ionsdopedglassesbecameprospectivefordiversetechnologicalapplications.Inthispaper,physical,opticalandstructuralpropertiesofmagnesiumborateglassesdopedwithvariedconcentrationsofDy2O3wereexamined.Suchglassesweresynthesisedbymeltquenchingmethodandcharacterizedatroomtemperatureusingseveralanalyticaltechniques.Luminescenceandabsorptionspectra(inthevisibleregion)ofas-quenchedsampleswereusedtoevaluatethephysicalandopticalproperties.XRDpatternconfimstheamorphousstateofas-quenchedsamples.TheFouriertransforminfrared(FTIR)spectraofglassesrevealvariousbondingvibrationsassignedtodifferentfunctionalgroups.UV-vis-NIRspectradiscloseeightabsorptionbandsaccompaniedbyabandforhypersensitivetransitionpositionedat1260nm(6H15/2→6F11/2).ThevaluesofdirectandindirectopticalenergybandgapofthestudiedglassesaredecreasedwiththeincreaseofDy3+ioncontents.Thephotoluminescencespectraofallglassesundertheexcitationof380nmdisplaytwoprominentemissionbandscentredat497nm(4F9/2→6H15/2,blue)and587nm(4F9/2→6H13/2,green).Theachievedintenseluminescencefromtheproposedglasscompositionmaybebeneficialforsolidstatelaserapplications.