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This book provides a concise and accessible guide to the spectroscopic measurement and analysis of trivalent rare-earth ions in glasses. As the demand for faster telecommunications, more efficient lasers, and smarter optical sensors accelerates, rare-earth-doped glasses have become a cornerstone of modern photonics and emerging quantum technologies. Fully harnessing their potential, however, requires a deep understanding of their spectroscopic behavior. Spectroscopy of rare-earth doped glasses is a vital resource for researchers, engineers, and advanced students moving from material fabrication to functional device design. This book offers a rigorous and practical journey through the essential characterization techniques that reveal the inner workings of these versatile materials.
Inside, readers will find detailed coverage of foundational principles such as absorption and luminescence spectra and decay lifetimes, which are used to probe the energy-level structure and dynamics of rare-earth ions. Advanced characterization techniques are also presented, including leveraging Judd Ofelt theory to predict radiative properties, applying the Z-scan method for nonlinear-optical analysis, and utilizing emission-intensity ratios for precision optical thermometry. Practical data analysis is highlighted as well, moving beyond theory with step-by-step methodologies for interpreting spectroscopic results: calculating emission cross-sections, modeling energy transfer, and performing colorimetric analysis. Cutting-edge applications demonstrate how characterization outcomes directly inform the design and optimization of photonic integrated circuits, optical amplifiers, laser systems, and nanophotonic devices. By seamlessly integrating theory, experiment, and data processing, this book equips readers not only to collect data but to derive meaningful, actionable conclusions. It is an indispensable guide for anyone committed to advancing optical materials research and shaping the next generation of quantum photonic technologies.
1 Introduction.- 2 Absorption spectrum.- 3 Emission spectrum.- 4 Decay lifetime curves.- 5 Optical thermometry.- 6 Multiphonon processes and energy transfer processes.- 7 Refractive index.- 8 Non-linear properties.- 9 Judd-Ofelt analysis.
G. Lozano C. earned his BSc in physics from the UNFV, Peru 2017. Master a PhD from the IFSC-USP, SP-Brazil, 2020 and 2025, respectively. He was a visiting researcher at the COPL-ULAVAL 2022. He is currently a postdoctoral at the IQSC-USP. His current research is centered on the purification of tellurite glasses.
J.Y.A. Chacaliaza R. earned a BSc. in Physics from the UNMSM, Perú. MSc. in Physics from the IFSC-USP, SP-Brazil. Currently is PhD fellow at the IFSC with cotutelle at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. He is now working in quantum optics based on rare-earth ions and cavity quantum electrodynamics.
Jéssica F. M. dos Santos is a physicist with a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from USP, Brazil. Her research focuses on condensed matter physics and the spectroscopic investigation of rare-earth and transition-metal-doped materials for applications in photonics and plasmonics. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the CEPOF-USP, where she studies light matter interaction in plasmonic surfaces.
Y. Messaddeq is a Professor at the Department of Physics, Physical Engineering and Optics at the ULAVAL, QC-Canada. His research program focuses on the development of new glass and nanostructured materials to give them unprecedented properties, primarily to produce specialty and multifunctional optical fibers. Leading a cutting-edge laboratory at the COPL. In 2010, he earned the prestigious Canada Excellence Research Chair in Enabling Photonic Innovations. In 2016, He received the Excellence funding research program SPEC from SP-Brazil. In 2018, the Government of Canada awarded him the Canadian Brockhouse Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering. In 2020, he received the Varshneya Glass Technology Lecture Award from the American Ceramic Society for his contributions to the field of glass technology and benefit to mankind. He has received several distinctions, including the Specialty Optical Fibers Award for Telecommunication, the STA Fellowship on Optical Fibers from the Japanese Minister of Science and Technology, the Heraeus Dental Award on dental composites, the Ruy Ferreira Santo Award and 1A classification from the Minister of Science and Technology, Brazil. He is a member of several committees (Editorial Board JNCS, International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass, ISNOG and ICG).
E. Marega Jr. is a BSc. from the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of São Carlos at the USP in 1988. He enrolled in the doctoral program in the same Institute, completing it in 1993. He began research in Condensed Matter Physics at the IFSC. He was hired as a Professor by IFSC/USP. He began a new research area in Magnetic Semiconductor Nanostructures and the interaction of radiation. He is an Associate Professor at the USP with emphasis on Semiconductor Nanostructures. Since 2004, he has maintained scientific collaboration with Prof. Greg Salamo of the University of Arkansas. Since 2015, he has been a visiting professor at the Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science - UESTC China. In 1995, he created a Physics competition for high school students in the São Carlos region, which became the Brazilian Physics Olympiad organized in 1999. He served in the national committee of the Brazilian Physics Olympiad, and from 2010 to 2014, as national coordinator. He participated in the creation and later as a member committee of the Brazilian Physics Olympiad.
V.A.G. Rivera is a Bsc. from UNFV, Peru (2002). Master from UNICAMP, Brazil (2005). Dr. in Physics from UFSCar, Brazil (2009). He was a Program Manager in Basic Research in CONCYTEC and a Titular Professor at UNMSM for 3 years, Peru. In 2021 to 2024, he worked at the COPL-UAVAL. He is leading of a FAPESP project on Photonic-Plasmonic Integrated Device
