SiO2-SnO2:Er3+ Glass-Ceramic Monoliths
Abstract
:Featured Application
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Preparation: Sol-Gel Derived Route
2.2. Charaterization Methods
3. Results
3.1. Emission Spectra
3.2. Excitation Spectra
3.3. Lifetime
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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SnO2 Content x (mol%) | Er3+ Concentration (mol%) | H2O/TEOS | EtOH/TEOS | HCl/TEOS |
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10 | 0.5 | 10 | 4 | 0.009 |
A1 | τ1 (ms) | A2 | τ2 (ms) | |
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0.32 | 4.9 | 1.03 | 0.5 | 75% |
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Tran, L.T.N.; Massella, D.; Zur, L.; Chiasera, A.; Varas, S.; Armellini, C.; Righini, G.C.; Lukowiak, A.; Zonta, D.; Ferrari, M. SiO2-SnO2:Er3+ Glass-Ceramic Monoliths. Appl. Sci. 2018, 8, 1335. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081335
Tran LTN, Massella D, Zur L, Chiasera A, Varas S, Armellini C, Righini GC, Lukowiak A, Zonta D, Ferrari M. SiO2-SnO2:Er3+ Glass-Ceramic Monoliths. Applied Sciences. 2018; 8(8):1335. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081335
Chicago/Turabian StyleTran, Lam Thi Ngoc, Damiano Massella, Lidia Zur, Alessandro Chiasera, Stefano Varas, Cristina Armellini, Giancarlo C. Righini, Anna Lukowiak, Daniele Zonta, and Maurizio Ferrari. 2018. "SiO2-SnO2:Er3+ Glass-Ceramic Monoliths" Applied Sciences 8, no. 8: 1335. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081335