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Abstract: Optical properties of PbS quantum dots (QDs) precipitated inside the oxide glass matrix were investigated. Photoluminescence (PL) from the PbS QDs showed peak wavelengths located at 1170–1680nm with widths of 150–550nm. Radii of QDs in glasses were 2.3–4.7nm depending upon the thermal treatment. Peak wavelengths of PL bands shifted as much as 70nm as the temperatures and excitation irradiances increased. Calculated effective local temperatures indicated that these shifts of PL spectra were associated with local heating induced by the temperatures and laser beam. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: PbSe quantum dots (QDs) were synthesized in borosilicate glass and their optical properties were investigated. The typical quantum confinement effects were clearly observed from the absorption when the average radii of the QDs changed from 1.7 to 3.1nm. Photoluminescence from PbSe QDs was achieved in 1.1–2.2μm wavelength region that covers the entire fiber-optic telecommunication window. Borosilicate glasses containing controlled size of PbSe QDs provide potentials for the fiber-optic amplifiers. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

In this work, PbSe QDs were precipitated in oxyfluoride glass-ceramics containing BaF2 nanocrystals. Tunable and broad absorption and photoluminescence from PbSe QDs doped glass-ceramics were observed in the near-infrared wavelength range. When the glasses were heat-treated at temperatures below 560°C using one-step heat-treatment schedule, single photoluminescence band was observed from each sample. Upon high temperature (560°C or 570°C) one-step or two-step heat-treatment, dual-band photoluminescence was observed. These two photoluminescence bands in each spectrum were separated by a gap of ~110–150meV, and as a result, effective full width at half maximum as large as ~500nm was recorded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pb 1-x Sr x Se quantum dots (QDs) were prepared in Li 2 O-Al 2 O 3 -SiO 2 (LAS) glass-ceramics with 0–2.0 mol% SrO by conventional melt-quenching method. The near-infrared photoluminescence and photodarkening properties of Pb 1-x Sr x Se QDs in LAS glass-ceramics were studied. Upon the heat treatments of 490–550 °C for 10 h, there are LiAlO 2 nanocrystals and PbSe QDs co-existed in the glassy matrix without SrO, and 1024–1745 nm near infrared emission from PbSe QDs were realized. With the increasing of SrO concentration from 0 to 2 mol%, the absorption wavelengths blue-shifted from 1738 to 1380 nm at 540 °C, the PL peak wavelengths blue-shifted from 1788 to 1538 nm at 540 °C. The blue-shifts are attributed to the increasing bandgap by incorporation of Sr2+ ions into PbSe crystalline lattice. Pb 1-x Sr x Se QDs display better photoinduced anti-darkening properties than pure PbSe QDs with the increasing of pumping power, and the Pb 1-x Sr x Se QDs embedded in the LAS glass with 2.0 mol% SrO shows the highest photoluminescence quantum yield of ∼36.9%. [Display omitted] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]