Enhancing near-infrared luminescence of Ln3+ (Yb3+/Er3+)-doped germanium tellurite glasses by coating with graphene

A facile pathway for solid-state material luminescence enhancement is proposed here by coating graphene on the surface of luminescent material. Ln 3+ (Yb 3+ /Er 3+ )-doped germanium tellurite glasses are prepared by conventional melting and quenching method. With the excitation of 980 nm laser diode, the photo-luminescence intensities of the graphene-coated and uncoated glass samples are measured with different incidence angle of excitation light. When the incidence angle is less than 15°, luminescence enhancement can be observed in the coated samples compared with uncoated one. The insight for the enhancement is also discussed.