by Wong Ho Man, Bruce. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [60-61]). / Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. / by Wong Ho Man, Bruce. / Acknowledgements --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / 摘要 --- p.iii / Table of Contents --- p.iv / List of figures --- p.vi / Chapter Chapter1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Fabrication of erbium-doped sol-gel derived silica --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction to the sol-gel process --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- The procedure for silica formation - ´ؤ --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Changes during the sol-gel process --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Factors affecting the fluorescence --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Clustering of Er3+ ions in the silica samples --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Retention of hydroxyl group OH/absorbed water in silica - --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3 --- The role of Aluminum in dissolving Er3+ ions in Si02 network --- p.18 / Chapter 2.4 --- Thermal dehydroxylation --- p.20 / Chapter 2.5 --- Characterization of the Erbium-doped silica samples --- p.24 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Absorption spectrum --- p.24 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- "Refractive index, density and microhardness" --- p.29 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Fluorescence spectroscopy --- p.35 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.35 / Chapter 3.2 --- Experimental set-up --- p.36 / Chapter 3.3 --- "Fluorescence spectrum with variation in Er3+ concentration, Al/Er molar ratio and annealing temperature" --- p.38 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Decay lifetime measurements of the 4S3/2 energy level --- p.47 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.47 / Chapter 4.2 --- Experimental set-up --- p.48 / Chapter 4.3 --- Increase in decay lifetimes with Aluminum-codoping --- p.49 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusions and further works --- p.58 / References
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322817 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Contributors | Wong, Ho Man Bruce., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physics. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, viii, 59, [2] leaves : ill. (some mounted) ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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