Energy transfer upconversion on neodymium doped phosphate glasses investigated by Z-scan technique

Abstract Time-resolved Z-scan measurements were employed to characterize energy transfer upconversion on the phosphate glass matrix, named PAN (P 2 O 5 –Al 2 O 3 –Na 2 CO 3 ), doped with increasing Nd 3+ concentrations. It was observed a linear dependence of the upconversion parameter with the dopant agent, which indicates the presence of a static and dynamic energy transfer processes. The critical inversion density was also evaluated for the same set of samples.