Abstract

An erbium-doped transparent glass ceramic, consisting of $\mathrm{La}{\mathrm{F}}_3$ nanocrystallites with a characteristic length of approximately $20\mathrm{nm}$ embedded in an aluminosilicate glass matrix and exhibiting infrared-to-green upconversion, has been studied. The degree of erbium partitioning into the nanocrystallite phase was found using energy transfer coefficients determined from bulk ${\mathrm{Er}}^{3+}:\mathrm{La}{\mathrm{F}}_3$ samples. This transparent glass ceramic sample was found to have a partitioning fraction of $19\pm 5\%$.

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