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14 May 2018 Infrared absorption and fluorescence properties of Holmium doped Potassium Lanthanum Chloride (Conference Presentation)
Ei Brown, Zackery Fleischman, Larry Merkle, Emmanuel Rowe, Arnold Burger, Stephen Payne, Mark Dubinskiy
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Proceedings Volume 10637, Laser Technology for Defense and Security XIV; 106370X (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309578
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2018, Orlando, FL, United States
Abstract
The development of new solid-state laser materials for mid-infrared (mid-IR) laser sources continues to be interest for potential applications in remote sensing of bio-chemical agents, IR countermeasures, and IR spectroscopy. Fluorescent materials based on Ho3+ doped crystals and glasses with narrow phonon spectra cover a wide wavelength range between ~1-4 µm. In this work, spectroscopic characterization on infrared emission properties of trivalent holmium (Ho3+) doped potassium lanthanum chloride (K2LaCl5) were explored. K2LaCl5 is slightly hygroscopic but possesses a maximum phonon energy of 235 cm-1. The low maximum phonon energy of K2LaCl5 leads to low non-radiative decay rates and efficient IR fluorescence. The studied Ho3+ doped K2LaCl5 material was grown by Bridgman technique. Using ~900 nm excitation, IR emissions centered at ~1.66, ~1.995, and ~3.90 µm were observed from Ho:K2LaCl5 corresponding to the 5I5-->5I7, 5I7-->5I8, and 5I5-->5I6 transitions of Ho3+ ions. Spectroscopic results and data modeling including the Stark level energies, Judd-Ofelt analysis, transitions cross-sections, and fluorescence dynamics will be presented at the conference.
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Ei Brown, Zackery Fleischman, Larry Merkle, Emmanuel Rowe, Arnold Burger, Stephen Payne, and Mark Dubinskiy "Infrared absorption and fluorescence properties of Holmium doped Potassium Lanthanum Chloride (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10637, Laser Technology for Defense and Security XIV, 106370X (14 May 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309578
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KEYWORDS
Luminescence
Holmium
Infrared radiation
Lanthanum
Potassium
Absorption
Infrared spectroscopy
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