Analysis of experimental Nd3+ emission transients with fast sub-microsecond decay component and a subsequent non-exponential long-term decay with Monte-Carlo simulations

Journal of Luminescence

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-86

  Díaz Torres, Luis Armando ^a   Barbosa García, Oracio ^b   Struck, Charles W ^c   McFarlane, Ross A ^d  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^c OSRAM SYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy transfer; Garnet crystals; Nonexponential decays; Rare earth ions

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; GARNETS; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEODYMIUM;

NONEXPONENTIAL DECAYS;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 0031698690     PISSN: 00222313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2313(97)00276-7     Document Type: Article

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