Abstract
Nanostructured amorphous Al oxide thin films doped with were synthesized by alternate pulsed laser deposition. The ions have been deposited in layers with in-depth separation ranging from 0.75 to . The films show two broad emission bands originated from the and transitions. Their intensity increases at a similar rate and the lifetimes are not modified as the layer separation decreases down to , suggesting that there is no concentration quenching. At the critical value of the onset of energy transfer is evidenced by a sharp decrease of the emission intensity and lifetime. Below this critical value, the rate at which the intensity increases for the transition is much higher than that for the transition, evidencing quenching of the transition through a cross-relaxation mechanism. The control of the ions in the nanometer scale allows evidencing the onset of energy transfer processes among ions and offers a route to optimize compact photonic gain integrated devices.
© 2008 Optical Society of America
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