Intensity parameters, radiative transitions and non-radiative relaxations of Ho³⁺ in various tellurite glasses

The intensity parameters of holmium in sodium, barium and zinc tellurite glasses were obtained from the absorption spectra. Using these parameters and the matrix elements of Ho³⁺, transition probabilities and branching ratios from the excited states (⁵F₄, ⁵S₂), ⁵F₅, ⁵I₄, ⁵I₅ and ⁵I₆ were calculated. Quantum efficiencies for the (⁵F₄, ⁵S₂) state were obtained and the multiphonon transition rates calculated at room temperature. Non-radiative multiphonon relaxations were obtained from the (⁵F₄, ⁵S₂) level. The relaxation increased in the order of zinc, barium, sodium, and is assumed to be dependent on the local site symmetry of Ho³⁺ in glass.