Absorption and Raman Spectra of Dy³⁺ Doped Tellurite Glass: Combined Effects of Silver and Titanium Nanoparticles

Abstract:

Obtaining enhanced up-conversion efficiency in rare earth ions doped inorganic glass by means of noble metal nanoparticles (NPs) embedment remains challenging. For the first time, we report the combined effects of silver (Ag) and titania (TiO₂) NPs embedment on the structural and absorption characteristics of dysprosium (Dy³⁺) doped tellurite glass. Transparent and thermally stable glass samples were prepared using conventional melt quenching method and characterized via spectroscopic techniques. The production of the strong electric field in the proximity of Dy³⁺ ion due to the localized surface plasmon (LSP) of embedded metallic NPs was found to improve the glass absorption properties. The effects of bimetallic NPs in changing the structure and absorption properties were found to be better than singly included metallic NP (either Ag or TiO₂). This improvement in the absorption behavior was attributed to the combined LSP resonance (LSPR) effects of Ag and TiO₂ NPs which transferred strong local electric field into the Dy³⁺ ions positioned in their vicinity. The UV-Vis-NIR spectra revealed six absorption bands centerted at 1690, 1283, 1097, 904, 800 and 755 nm which were allocated to the transition from ⁶H_15/2 ground state to various excited states (⁶H_11/2, ⁶F_11/2, ⁶F_9/2, ⁶F_7/2, ⁶F_5/2 and ⁶F_3/2) of Dy³⁺ ion. Furthermore, the Raman spectra of such bimetallic NPs included glass system exhibited Raman peak shift accompanied by intensity variations when compared to the glass system with only one type of NPs incorporation. This enhancement in the Raman signal was ascribed to the LSPR mediated mechansim. The synthesized glass comporition was asserted to be prospective for devices.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 268)
• Pages: 111-116
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.268.111
• Online since: October 2017
• Authors: Mohd Syamsul Affendy bin Mohd Saidi, Sib Krishna Ghoshal*, Ramli Arifin, Mohamad Khairil bin Roslan
• Keywords: Absorption, Bimetallic Nanoparticles, Raman Spectra, Tellurite Glass

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