Giant optical gain in a single-crystal erbium chloride silicate nanowire

Sun, Hao; Yin, Leijun; Liu, Zhicheng; Zheng, Yize; Fan, Fan; Zhao, Shilong; Feng, Xue; Li, Yongzhuo; Ning, Cun‐Zheng

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2017.115

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“…Another key advantage of the constructed multicomponent nanoceramics is the great capability for host various active dopants. As a proof‐of‐concept test, erbium (Er 3+ ) was selected as the active dopant, taking into account its rich potential electronic transitions (Figure d) and essential roles in photonics . Encouragingly, Er 3+ ‐doped nanoceramics exhibits broadband 4 I 13/2 → 4 I 15/2 radiative transitions at 1450–1650 nm with the full width at half‐maximum (FWHM) of 83 nm (Figure d), which is more than two times larger than that of the conventional glass fiber amplifier (≈30 nm).…”

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Pressureless Crystallization of Glass for Transparent Nanoceramics

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Transparent nanoceramics embedded with highly dense crystalline domains are promising for applications in missile guidance, infrared night vision, and laser and nuclear radiation detection. Unfortunately, current nanoceramics are strictly constrained by the stringent construction procedures such as super‐high pressure and containerless processing. Here, a pressureless crystallization engineering strategy in glass for elaboration of transparent nanoceramics and fibers is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. By intentional creation of a sharp contrast between nucleation and growth rates, the crystal growth rate during glass crystallization can be significantly suppressed. Importantly, this unique phase‐transition habit enables the achievement of transparent nanoceramics and even smooth fibers with extremely tiny crystalline size (≈20 nm) and high crystallinity (≈97%) under atmospheric pressure. This allows the generation of an attractive nonlinear optical response such as dynamic optical filtering and luminescence in the mid‐infrared waveband of 4300–4950 nm. These findings highlight that the strategy to switch the phase‐transition habit of glass into the unconventional crystallization regime may provide new opportunities for the creation of next‐generation nanoceramics and fibers.

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Pressureless Crystallization of Glass for Transparent Nanoceramics

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“…[31] In 2017, Sun and Ning et al prepared as ingle-crystal erbium chloride silicate nanowiret hat exhibits large unit net gain over 100 dB·cm À1 at 1532 nm (Figure 9a and b). [32] The signal was nearly two orders of magnitude higher than the existing reported values duet o the high erbium concentration and single-crystalline materials of high quality.B yu sing as lightly different compound, Wang et al further reported an internal net gain of % 0.80 AE 0.32 dB over a4 0mml ong silicon-erbium ytterbium silicaten anowire, corresponding to an internal net gain of 200 AE 80 dB·cm À1 . [33] b-NaYF 4 appears to be the best host matrix to incorporate lanthanide ions for upconversion processes because of its low phonon energy and high chemical stability.L anthanide-doped b-NaYF 4 microrods with single-crystalline nature have been prepared via hydro-/solvothermal methods.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…In 2017, Sun and Ning et al. prepared a single‐crystal erbium chloride silicate nanowire that exhibits large unit net gain over 100 dB⋅cm −1 at 1532 nm (Figure a and b) . The signal was nearly two orders of magnitude higher than the existing reported values due to the high erbium concentration and single‐crystalline materials of high quality.…”

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Lanthanide‐Based Luminescent Materials for Waveguide and Lasing

Cheng

Sun

Wang

2019

Chemistry An Asian Journal

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Microlasers and waveguidesh ave wide applications in the fields of photonics and optoelectronics. Lanthanide-dopedl uminescent materials featuring large Stokes/ anti-Stokess hift, long excited-state lifetime as well as sharp emission bandwidth are excellent opticalc omponents for photonic applications. In the past few years, great progress has been made in the designa nd fabrication of lanthanidebased waveguidesa nd lasers at the micrometer length scale. Waveguide structures and microcavities can be fabricated from lanthanide-doped amorphous materials through top-down process. Alternatively,l anthanide-doped organic compounds featuring large absorption cross-section can self-assemble into low-dimensional structures of well-defined size and morphology.I nr ecent years, lanthanide-doped crystalline structures displaying highly tunable excitation and emission properties have emergeda sp romising waveguide and lasing materials,w hichs ubstantially extends the range of lasing wavelength. In this minireview, we discussr ecent advances in lanthanide-based luminescentm aterials that are designed for waveguide and lasing applications.W ea lso attempt to highlight challenging problems of these materials that obstacle further development of this field.[a] Dr.

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“…The Er 3+ ion has been of importance in photonic applications because its~1.5-µm emission matches the low-loss C-band telecommunication window [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] . Direct photoexcitation of Er 3+ ions to produce population inversion requires high power densities due to the weak optical absorption of the partially forbidden 4 f electron transitions.…”

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Enhanced 1.54-μm photo- and electroluminescence based on a perfluorinated Er(III) complex utilizing an iridium(III) complex as a sensitizer

Liu

Lyu

et al. 2020

Light Sci Appl

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Advanced 1.5-µm emitting materials that can be used to fabricate electrically driven light-emitting devices have the potential for developing cost-effective light sources for integrated silicon photonics. Sensitized erbium (Er 3+) in organic materials can give bright 1.5-µm luminescence and provide a route for realizing 1.5-µm organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). However, the Er 3+ electroluminescence (EL) intensity needs to be further improved for device applications. Herein, an efficient 1.5-µm OLED made from a sensitized organic Er 3+ co-doped system is realized, where a "traditional" organic phosphorescent molecule with minimal triplet-triplet annihilation is used as a chromophore sensitizer. The chromophore provides efficient sensitization to a co-doped organic Er 3+ complex with a perfluorinatedligand shell. The large volume can protect the Er 3+ 1.5-µm luminescence from vibrational quenching. The average lifetime of the sensitized Er 3+ 1.5-µm luminescence reaches~0.86 ms, with a lifetime component of 2.65 ms, which is by far the longest Er 3+ lifetime in a hydrogen-abundant organic environment and can even compete with that obtained in the fully fluorinated organic Er 3+ system. The optimal sensitization enhances the Er 3+ luminescence by a factor of 1600 even with a high concentration of the phosphorescent molecule, and bright 1.5-µm OLEDs are obtained.

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Giant optical gain in a single-crystal erbium chloride silicate nanowire

Cited by 81 publications

References 45 publications

Pressureless Crystallization of Glass for Transparent Nanoceramics

Pressureless Crystallization of Glass for Transparent Nanoceramics

Lanthanide‐Based Luminescent Materials for Waveguide and Lasing

Enhanced 1.54-μm photo- and electroluminescence based on a perfluorinated Er(III) complex utilizing an iridium(III) complex as a sensitizer

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