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Inverse Judd–Ofelt Formalism Based on Radiative Lifetime for Comparative Spectroscopy of RE3+ Ions in Glass
by
Helena Cristina Vasconcelos
Helena Cristina Vasconcelos 1,2,*
,
Maria Gabriela Meirelles
Maria Gabriela Meirelles 1,3
and
Reşit Özmenteş
Reşit Özmenteş 4
1
Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Azores, S. Miguel, Azores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal
2
Laboratory of Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering and Radiation Physics (LIBPhys, UNL), Department of Physics, NOVA School of Science and Technology, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
3
Research Institute of Marine Sciences of the University of the Azores (OKEANOS), Faial, Azores, 9901-862 Horta, Portugal
4
Vocational School of Health Services, Bitlis Eren University, 13100 Bitlis, Turkey
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Photonics 2025, 12(10), 1011; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12101011 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 25 August 2025
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Revised: 7 October 2025
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Accepted: 11 October 2025
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Published: 13 October 2025
Abstract
This work shows that inverse Judd–Ofelt (JO) analysis of relative absorption spectra, anchored by a single lifetime, provides JO parameters and radiative rates without absolute calibration. The method is applied to Er3+, Dy3+, and Sm3+ in a compositionally identical oxyfluoride glass. Three well-resolved ground-state 4f–4f absorption bands were selected. After baseline removal and wavenumber-domain integration, their normalized strengths Srel,k (k = 1, 2, 3; k∈S) define a 3 × 3 system solved by non-negative least squares to obtain the anchor-independent ordering (Ω2:Ω4:Ω6). Absolute scaling uses a single lifetime anchor. We report lifetime-scaled Ωt and Arad, and the normalized fractions pk within the selected triplets; as imposed by the method, the anchor-independent ordering (Ω2:Ω4:Ω6) is analyzed, while absolute Arad and Ωt scale with τref. The extracted parameters fall within the expected ranges for oxyfluoride hosts and reveal clear ion-specific trends: Ω2 follows Dy3+ > Er3+ > Sm3+ (site asymmetry/hypersensitive response), while the ordering Ω4 > Ω6 holds across all ions (oxide-rich networks). Er3+ exhibits the largest Ω4 and the smallest Ω6, indicative of pronounced medium-range “rigidity” with suppressed long-range polarizability; Sm3+ shows the lowest Ω2 (more symmetric/less covalent coordination); and Dy3+ the highest Ω2 (strong hypersensitive behavior). Uncertainty was quantified by Monte Carlo resampling of the preprocessing steps, yielding compact 95% confidence intervals; the resulting JO-parameter trends (Ω2, Ω4, Ω6) and normalized fk fractions reproduce the characteristic spectroscopic behavior known for each ion. This method enables quantitative JO outputs from uncalibrated spectra, allowing direct spectroscopic comparisons and quick screening when only relative absorption data are available.
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Vasconcelos, H.C.; Meirelles, M.G.; Özmenteş, R.
Inverse Judd–Ofelt Formalism Based on Radiative Lifetime for Comparative Spectroscopy of RE3+ Ions in Glass. Photonics 2025, 12, 1011.
https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12101011
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Vasconcelos HC, Meirelles MG, Özmenteş R.
Inverse Judd–Ofelt Formalism Based on Radiative Lifetime for Comparative Spectroscopy of RE3+ Ions in Glass. Photonics. 2025; 12(10):1011.
https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12101011
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Vasconcelos, Helena Cristina, Maria Gabriela Meirelles, and Reşit Özmenteş.
2025. "Inverse Judd–Ofelt Formalism Based on Radiative Lifetime for Comparative Spectroscopy of RE3+ Ions in Glass" Photonics 12, no. 10: 1011.
https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12101011
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Vasconcelos, H. C., Meirelles, M. G., & Özmenteş, R.
(2025). Inverse Judd–Ofelt Formalism Based on Radiative Lifetime for Comparative Spectroscopy of RE3+ Ions in Glass. Photonics, 12(10), 1011.
https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12101011
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