Spectroscopic Investigation of Pr3+ Doped Zinc Lithium Bismuth Borate Glasses
Beena Bhatia1,* and Vishal Parihar2
1,2Ceramics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur-342001(Raj.), India
Optical absorption and fluorescence spectra of Pr3+ doped bismuth borate glasses having glass system (60-x)B2O3-10Bi2O3-20Li2O-10ZnO-xPr6O11 where x=1, 1.5 and 2 mol% have been recorded. Judd-Ofelt theory have been applied to compute oscillator strength and intensity parameters Ωλ (λ=2, 4 and 6). These parameters have been used to calculate the radiative properties of glasses viz., spontaneous emission probability (A), radiative life time (tR), fluorescence branching ratio (βR) and stimulated emission cross section (σp) of various emission lines have been evaluated. The results obtained suggest that these new materials can be considered as an interesting candidate for laser applications.