Synthesis and Spectroscopic Properties of Neodymium doped Lead Chloride

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Abstract

Recently, great attention has been focused on the development of new solid-state laser materials for potential near infrared (NIR) and middle-infrared (MIR) laser applications. Lead halide based materials have recently emerged as new non-hygroscopic laser hosts with low maximum phonon energies. The low-phonon energies lead to small non-radiative decay rates and efficient infrared emission from rare earth dopants. In this work, the crystal growth and infrared spectroscopic properties of Nd doped lead chloride, PbCl$_{2}$, are discussed. Following optical pumping at 753 nm and 808 nm, Nd:PbCl$_{2}$ exhibited several near-infrared emission bands between 800 and 1600 nm as well as a broad MIR emission centered at 5.1$\mu $m ($^{4}$I$_{11/2}\rightarrow ^{4}$I$_{9/2})$. The optical absorption, Judd-Ofelt (JO) parameters, and spontaneous emission probabilities of several Nd$^{3+}$ transitions have been measured and calculated. Based on the JO analysis, the radiative quantum efficiency of the 5.1$\mu $m emission was determined to be $\sim$13{\%}. The peak emission cross-section of 5.1 $\mu $m emission was estimated to be $\sim $0.4x10$^{-20}$cm$^{2}$, which is comparable to the other infrared laser transitions.

Authors

  • Ei Brown

  • Uwe Hommerich

    Hampton University

  • J. Deng

    US Naval Observatory, University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, College of William and Mary, US Army Research Office, Brimrose Corporation of America, Hampton University, Department of Physics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, North Carolina State University and WebAssign, Raleigh, NC, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Broughton High School, Raleigh, NC, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Department of Physics, University of West Virginia - Chemistry Dept., ORNL, Old Dominion University, University of West Virginia Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics, College of Charleston, Rice University, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Ohio State University, Wright State University, Yale U, JINR, Dubna, Univ. Fed. do Rio de Janeiro, Vanderbilt Univ./JIHIR(ORNL)/Tsinghua Univ., NSCL(MSU), LLNL, LBNL, Vanderbilt Univ./LBNL/JIHIR(ORNL), Vanderbilt Univ., Jagellonian University, University of Bonn, North Carolina A{\&T} State University, North Carolina Central University, Duke University and TUNL

  • J. Deng

    US Naval Observatory, University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, College of William and Mary, US Army Research Office, Brimrose Corporation of America, Hampton University, Department of Physics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, North Carolina State University and WebAssign, Raleigh, NC, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Broughton High School, Raleigh, NC, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Department of Physics, University of West Virginia - Chemistry Dept., ORNL, Old Dominion University, University of West Virginia Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics, College of Charleston, Rice University, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Ohio State University, Wright State University, Yale U, JINR, Dubna, Univ. Fed. do Rio de Janeiro, Vanderbilt Univ./JIHIR(ORNL)/Tsinghua Univ., NSCL(MSU), LLNL, LBNL, Vanderbilt Univ./LBNL/JIHIR(ORNL), Vanderbilt Univ., Jagellonian University, University of Bonn, North Carolina A{\&T} State University, North Carolina Central University, Duke University and TUNL