Visible quantum cutting in LiGdF4:Eu3+ through downconversion

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5402, 1999, Pages 663-666

  Wegh, René T ^a   Donker, Harry ^a   Oskam, Koenraad D ^a   Meijerink, Andries ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ERBIUM; GADOLINIUM; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE OF SOLIDS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; LITHIUM GADOLINIUM FLUORIDE; VISIBLE QUANTUM CUTTING;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

LANTHANIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0033613824     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5402.663     Document Type: Article

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15. The authors are grateful to P. Gürtler from Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor (HASYLAB) for the opportunity to measure at the HIGITI experimental station at the Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg, Germany. The work described here was supported by the Council for Chemical Sciences (CW ), with financial aid from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Netherlands Foundation for Technical Research (STW). Financial support from Philips Lighting is gratefully acknowledged.