Bulk fluoride glasses
Bulk fluoride glasses
Le Verre Fluoré can provide any kind of bulk fluoride glasses such as parallelepipeds, ribbons, rods, tubes, prisms…
Those bulks can be homogeously doped or co-doped with rare earths (Er, Pr, Ho, Tm, Dy, Ho/Tm, Er/Pr, Pr/Yb…) depending on your requirements.
Our bulk fluoride glasses can be used as robust fluorescent solid-state dye, wavelength reference material, light converter, as well as for glass science, study of specific properties of fluoride glasses, in UV, visible, near-infrared and mid-infrared ranges.
In fluorescence spectrometry , they replace advantageously liquid dyes in the calibration of the spectral response of spectrometers (UV excitation at different wavelengths from 255 nm to 395 nm, large range of visible fluorescence peaks).
Applications
- calibration/detection of UV sources with visible sensors (UV to VIS light conversion)
- detection of NIR sources (NIR to VIS light conversion)
- calibration of spectrometers and imagers (spectral calibration: fluorescence or absorption spikes at specific wavelengths)
Here are some examples of visible emissions observed when excitation rare eath doped fluoride glasses in UV :
Bulks
Tubes
Light converters
Ribbons
CUSTOMIZE
your own bulks
Fluorescence and wavelength calibration
Customize your own combination of UV
exciting wavelength / visible fluorescence peak
If you have a special request, please contact our experts!
Specifications
• Doping/Co-doping
• Shape/size
• Polishing grade
Le Verre Fluoré provides various forms of bulk fluoride glasses, including parallelepipeds, ribbons, rods, tubes, and prisms. These can be homogeneously doped or co-doped with rare earth elements such as Erbium, Praséodyme, Holmium, Thulium, Dysprosium, Holmium/Thulium, Erbium/Praséodyme, Praséodyme/Ytterbium, among others.
Bulk fluoride glasses can be used as:
- Robust fluorescent solid-state dyes
- Wavelength reference materials
- Light converters (UV-VIS / VIS-VIS / VIS-nIR, …)
In fluorescence spectrometry, bulk fluoride glasses can replace liquid dyes for calibrating the spectral response of spectrometers. They offer UV excitation at different wavelengths (from 255 nm to 395 nm) and a large range of visible fluorescence peaks.
- Calibration and detection of UV sources with visible sensors (UV to VIS light conversion)
- Detection of nIR sources (nIR to VIS light conversion)
- Calibration of spectrometers and imagers (spectral calibration using fluorescence or absorption spikes at specific wavelengths)
Yes, Le Verre Fluoré offers customization options for bulk fluoride glasses, including:
- Doping/Co-doping with specific rare earth elements
- Custom shapes and sizes
- Polishing grade
When excited with UV light, rare earth-doped fluoride glasses exhibit various visible emissions. Examples include fluorescence peaks observed under UV excitation at different wavelengths. For example, please look at the datasheet above.
