Effect of Increasing Temperature on 1.5 μm Spectroscopic Emission of Er<sup>3+</sup> Ions Activated Phospho-silicate Thin Film

Eman Helmy Ahmed; Magdy Mohamed Hussein Ayoub; Ahmed Ismael Hashem; Claudia Wickleder; Matthias Adlung; Amal Amin; Inas Kamal Battisha

doi:doi:10.11648/j.ijpp.20210502.13

Effect of Increasing Temperature on 1.5 μm Spectroscopic Emission of Er³⁺ Ions Activated Phospho-silicate Thin Film

Eman Helmy Ahmed, Magdy Mohamed Hussein Ayoub, Ahmed Ismael Hashem, Claudia Wickleder, Matthias Adlung, Amal Amin, Inas Kamal Battisha

Published in International Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology (Volume 5, Issue 2)

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Different concentrations of Er³⁺ ions- embedded nano-composite phospho-silicate ranging from 1 up to 3.5 mol % in thin film, symbolic as (S20P), (S20P1Er)T, (S20P2.5Er)T and (S20P3.5Er)T, respectively were prepared as advanced materials for planar waveguide application. Spin coating sol gel technique will be used to prepare the thin films. The prepared thin films optical and spectroscopic assessments were performed using transmittance, absorption, Raman, photoluminescence and refractive index (n) calculations. The observed transmittance T (%) and reflectance R (%) spectra were measured using Jasco V-570 spectrophotometer, in wavelength range (0.2-2.5 µm), confirmed good transparency for the prepared films, where the T (%) was higher than 92% and S20P1ErT was the most transparent one. The mentioned higher transparency presence was considered as a big challenge, especially after doping the silica gel with such higher phosphorus molar percent up to 20 mol %. Such challenge confirmed that the prepared thin films were suitable for the low losses and active planar waveguide fabrication. The room temperature photoluminescence (RTPL) quenching was observed at lower temperature 100°C for (S20P3.5Er)T. Emission at 1.5 µm upon excitation at 514.5 nm was detected and characteristic to the ⁴I_13/2→⁴I_15/2 erbium ions intra-4F transition for all prepared samples. The morphology of the prepared thin films was examined by using the Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), while the measured film thickness obtained from cross section view from the (FESEM) give rise to 1.791 µm value for (S20P3.5Er)T. The bigger moderate thickness than 1 µm was an adequate parameter for supporting planar optical wave guide applications.

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DOI	10.11648/j.ijpp.20210502.13
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Sol-Gel, Thin Film, Photoluminescence, (FESEM), Planar Waveguide

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Eman Helmy Ahmed

Polymers and Pigments Department, Chemical Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), Giza, Egypt
Magdy Mohamed Hussein Ayoub

Polymers and Pigments Department, Chemical Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), Giza, Egypt
Ahmed Ismael Hashem

Chemistry Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Claudia Wickleder

Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
Matthias Adlung

Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
Amal Amin

Polymers and Pigments Department, Chemical Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), Giza, Egypt
Inas Kamal Battisha

Solid State Physics Department, Physics Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), Giza, Egypt

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T1  - Effect of Increasing Temperature on 1.5 μm Spectroscopic Emission of Er3+ Ions Activated Phospho-silicate Thin Film
AU  - Eman Helmy Ahmed
AU  - Magdy Mohamed Hussein Ayoub
AU  - Ahmed Ismael Hashem
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