Estudo das propriedades termo-ópticas em sistemas vítreos PZABP dopados com nanocristais semicondutores ZnTe e íons Eu3+

Abstract

IIn this work we have studied co-doped glasses by means of spectroscopic techniques such as optical absorption, Raman spectroscopy, photoluminescence, time-resolved photoluminescence, thermal lens and volumetric heat capacity. The class of studied glasses was of phosphate glasses called PZABP (P2O5 – ZnO – Al203 – BaO – PbO) doped with different concentrations of europium ions (Eu3+), and tellurium (Te), to nucleation of semiconductor nanoparticles of zinc telluride (ZnTe). The goal of this work is to investigate the emission of the Eu3+ and its interaction with the semiconductor nanoparticles aiming to improve the thermo/optical properties of the glass system. With the optical absorption technique was possible to observe the high transparency of the system, which covers an optical window going from the ultraviolet region (about 300 nm) to mid-infrared (about 3000 nm). Also, was observed a large absorbance band centered around 540 nm when the glass system PZABP was doped with Te. This band was attributed to bulk-like ZnTe nanoparticles. Through the photoluminescence technique was possible to observe an intense reddened emission attributed to Eu 3+ ions, being the 5D0 —>7 F2 transition ( 611 nm) the most intense. The Judd-Ofelt parameters were obtained from the absorption and emission spectra. From these parameters, the radiative lifetime of the state 5D0 was found which together with the experimentally measured lifetime allowed the determination of the quantum efficiency. The latter does not present a significant change when the concentration of Eu3+ ions increases and with the presence of ZnTe. With the thermal lens technique, in the presence of ZnTe nanoparticles, was observed that the thermal diffusivity (D) remained almost constant with the increasing of concentration of Eu3+.