Table 5 Calculated microscopic parameters for energy transfer process, the number of phonons necessary to assist the energy transfer and the percentage of each phonon participated in the process in Y2Er and N2Er samples

From: Mid-infrared fluorescence, energy transfer process and rate equation analysis in Er3+ doped germanate glass

Sample

Energy transfer

N (number of phonons) (% phonon assisted)

CD-A (×10−40 cm6 s)

Y2Er

ET1 (4I11/24I11/2)

0

1

2.68

  

99.99

0.01

 
 

ET2 (4I13/24I13/2)

0

1

10.4

  

100

0

 

N2Er

ET1 (4I11/24I11/2)

0

1

4.17

  

99.986

0.014

 
 

ET2 (4I13/24I13/2)

0

1

13.0

  

100

0