Transparent Glass Ceramics Doped by Chromium(III) and Chromium(III) and Neodymium(III) as New Materials for Lasers and Luminescent Solar Concentrators

Abstract

Transparent glass ceramics were prepared in the system Li2O-Al2O3- SiO2, MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 and ZnO-Al2O3-SiO2 using TiO2, ZrO2 and P2O5 as nucleators. The major crystalline phases in these samples were spinel, gahnite, beta-quartz solid solutions and petalite-like-phase. These were doped with Cr(III) and spectroscopic properties measured. The efficiency of luminescence in these glass ceramics was very high compared to glass samples, viz. ca. 50% in beta-quartz, 75% in petalite-like-phase and close to unity in gahnite. For practical purposes the results may be important in designing luminescent solar concentrators and lasers based on Cr(III).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1986
Accession Number
ADA191143

Entities

People

  • Alla Buch
  • Esther Greenberg
  • Georges Boulon
  • Mehdi Bouderbala
  • Renata Reis

Organizations

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Spectra
  • Computer Programs
  • Diffraction
  • Diffractometers
  • Emission Spectra
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Heat Treatment
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Visible Spectra
  • X Rays
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition