Fluorescence temperature sensing performance of La2Ce2O∶7Ho3+/Yb3+ceramics
La2Ce2O7 ceramics co-activated by Ho3+and Yb3+were synthesized by high temperature solid-state reac-tion.Both Ho3+and Yb3+substitute the La3+sites in the La2Ce2O7 lattice,where the Ho3+concentration is 0.05%at.%and the Yb3+concentration varies in the range of 10%~18%at.%.Pumped by a 980 nm laser,the up-conversion(UC)green emission peaked at 550 nm and the red emission at 666 nm were detected.When the doping concentration of Ho3+and Yb3+are 0.05%at.%and 14%at.%,respectively,the UC emission reaches the strongest intensity.Temperature sensing performance of La2Ce2O7∶Ho3+/Yb3+was studied in the temperature range of 303~483 K,the highest absolute sensitivity(Sa)is 0.0028 K-1 at 303 K and the highest relative sensitivity(Sr)is 0.0054 K-1 at 303 K.The results show that the ce-ramics La2Ce2O7∶Ho3+/Yb3+can be a potential candidate for remote temperature sensors.
optical temperature sensingup-conversion emissionremote temperature sensingfluorescence branching ratio