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A complete spectroscopic investigation of a metaphosphate glass with composition Pb(PO3)2 doped with various amounts of Nd3+ and Yb3+ (1 up to 10 at.%) is reported. Efficient Nd3+ → Yb3+ energy transfers occur both radiatively and non-radiatively, the latter being dominant and partly resonant and partly phonon-assisted by phonons of the order of 950 cm−1, which fits well with the reported Raman spectrum of the material. These transfers mainly concern the 4F3/2 → 4I9/2 emission and the 2F7/2 → 2F5/2 absorption transitions of the Nd3+ and Yb3+ ions around 900 nm, respectively. They are analysed both via spectral and temporal data. The results show that about 5% Nd3+ and 5% Yb3+ ions have to be incorporated to reach energy transfers exceeding about 65%, which is in agreement with data recently reported in the case of a YAl3(BO3)4 crystal. Simulations based on the obtained data show that laser thresholds of a few tens of mW should be easily attainable by operating the materials in a channel waveguide configuration.
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Liégard, F., Doualan, J.L., Moncorgé, R. et al. Nd3+ → Yb3+ energy transfer in a codoped metaphosphate glass as a model for Yb3+ laser operation around 980 nm. Appl. Phys. B 80, 985–991 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-1829-y
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