Abstract
Compared with the fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR) temperature measurement technology based on the thermal coupling levels (TCLs) of rare earth (RE) ions, non-TCL (NTCL) FIR technology can greatly improve temperature measurement sensitivity because it is not limited by Boltzmann distribution. In this paper, a ${{\rm Ho}^{3 +}}/{{\rm Yb}^{3 +}}/{{\rm Tm}^{3 +}}$ co-doped ${12{\rm CaO}} \cdot {{7{\rm Al}}_2}{{\rm O}_3}$ (C12A7) single crystal was grown by the Czochralski method. As the temperature increased from 363 K to 523 K, the upconversion luminescence color of the ${{\rm Ho}^{3 +}}/{{\rm Yb}^{3 +}}/{{\rm Tm}^{3 +}}/{\rm C12A7}$ crystal changed from white to yellow, and exhibited a large temperature dependence under 980 nm excitation. In the temperature range of 363–523 K, the FIR temperature measurement based on different NTCLs exhibited high temperature sensitivity; the maximum absolute sensitivity and relative sensitivity values were ${0.0207}\;{{\rm K}^{- 1}}$ and ${2.82}\% \;{{\rm K}^{- 1}}$, respectively, which are higher than those previously reported based on TCLs of ${{\rm Ho}^{3 +}}$ and ${{\rm Tm}^{3 +}}$. This provides a strategy to achieve accurate sensitivity of FIR technology. The RE ion doped C12A7 single crystal material has good research and application prospects in the field of temperature sensing and optoelectronics.
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