Optical properties and upconversion in Pr3+ doped in aluminium, barium, calciun1 fluoride glass-II

Department of Chemistry, Jagatpur P.G. College, Varanasi, India

Physics Department, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005, India 
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Manuscript received 28 September 2004, revised 12 May 2005, accepted 19 May 2005 

The absorption and the fluorescence spectra of Pr³⁺ ion doped in aluminium, barium, calcium fluoride (MICH glass have been studied. Judd-Ofelt theory has been used to derive the optical parameters viz. the oscillator strength, transition probability, branching ratio, stimulated emission cross-section etc. We have also calculated nephelauxetic effect, covalence and bonding parameters for Pr³⁺ in the present lattice. A broad band upconversion has been observed at different wavelengths throughout the visible region when pumped with 2110 nm radiation from a Ti-Sapphire laser.