Optimizing Er3+- luminescent properties in photonic glasses: sensitizers, nano and micro-structures

Christina Armellini (1) , Brigitte Boulard (2) , Massimo Brenci (3) , Andrea Chiappini (4) , Alessandro Chiasera (5) , Claire Duverger-Arfuso (2) , Patrice Feron (6) , Maurizio Ferrari (5) , Clara Gonçalves (7) , C. Goyes (5) , Mile Ivanda (8) , Yoann Jestin (1) , Maurizio Mattarelli (4) , Maurizio Montagna (4) , Enrico Moser (4) , Gualtiero Nunzi-Conti (3) , Stefano Pelli (3) , Olivier Peron (2) , Giancarlo C. Righini (3) , C. Tosello (4) , K. T. Ngoc (5) , L. Zampedri (4)

1 CSMFO - Caratterizzazione e Sviluppo di Materiali per la Fotonica e l'Optoelecttronica
2 LdOF - Laboratoire des oxydes et fluorures
3 IFAC - Istituto di Fisica Applicata "Nello Carrara"
4 UNITN - Università degli Studi di Trento = University of Trento
5 IFN - Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie
6 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
7 ICEMS - Instituto de Ciência e Engenharia de Materiais e Superfícies
8 Rudjer Boskovic Institute [Zagreb]

Since the discovery of optical fibers, the possibilityto develop optically confined structures has opened new possibilities for making Dovel optical components. Rare earth-activated confined structures at different scales thus offer interesting solutions for this end. A growing activity in this field is aimed at the development of optical amplifiers in planar form based on rare-earth-activated glasses to provide devices such as lossless splitters, which can fiod applications in the metropolitan and local area networks. A further development to enhance the spectroscopic properties is achieved by rare-earth co-activated nanocomposite materials, also in planar format. The aim of this paper is to give a review concerning the advances in glass-based photonic systems, where light confinement or the presence of nanostructured hosts for the rare-earth induces an enhancement and a control of the optical and/or spectroscopic properties.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Christina Armellini, Brigitte Boulard, Massimo Brenci, Andrea Chiappini, Alessandro Chiasera, et al.. Optimizing Er3+- luminescent properties in photonic glasses: sensitizers, nano and micro-structures. 29th international convention MIPRO - Microelectronics Electronics and Electronic Technologies (MIPRO 2006/MEET), May 2006, Opatija, Croatia. pp.19-24. ⟨hal-00167382⟩