White Light Emission from Dy3+ Doped Zinc Bismuth Borate and Bismuth Borate Glasses: A Comparative Study
In this study, the effect of zinc bismuth borate (ZBB) glass and bismuth borate glass (BB) doped with trivalent dysprosium ion were investigated. Glass were prepared by the conventional melt quenching technique, with the chemical composition of (60-x) B2O3: 30Bi2O3: 10ZnO: xDy2O3 and (70-x) B2O3: 30Bi2O3: xDy2O3 where x = 1.0 mol %. The results show the densities of glasses are 3.91 g/cm3(ZBB) and 4.24 g/cm3 (BB), respectively. The absorption spectra consists of six absorption bands that are located at 752, 796, 902, 1096, 1276 and 1681 nm, and are assigned to 6H15/2 to 6F3/2,6F5/2, 6F7/2, 6H7/2+6F9/2, 6F11/2+6H9/2 and 6H11/2 transitions. The emission spectra exhibited three emission bands corresponding to the 4F9/2 → 6H15/2 (483 nm; blue), 4F9/2 → 6H13/2 (575 nm; yellow) and 4F9/2 → 6H11/2 (664 nm; red) transitions. The lifetime for 4F9/2 → 6H13/2 transition are 0.178 ms (ZBB) and 0.420 ms (BB). Both of Dy3+ in ZBB and BB glasses have been show white emission and illustrated by CIE 1931 chromaticity coordinates.