Manipulation of Molecular Vibrations on Condensing Er3+ State Densities for 1.5 μm Application.
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12
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9620 - 9625
DOI
10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02691
Journal
J Phys Chem Lett
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Vibrational modes of chemical bonds in organic erbium (Er3+) materials play an important role in determining the efficiency of the 1.5 μm Er3+ emission. This work studies the energy coupling of the Er3+ intra-4f transitions and vibrational modes. The results demonstrate that the coupling introduces enormous nonradiative internal relaxation, which condenses the excited erbium population on to the 4I13/2 state. This suggests that vibrational modes can be advantageous for optimizing the branching ratio for the 1.5 μm transition in organic erbium materials. Through control of the quenching effect on to the 4I13/2 state and a reliable determination of intrinsic radiative rates, it is found that the pump power for population inversion can be reduced by an order of magnitude at high erbium concentrations compared to conventional inorganic erbium materials.