Thermal quenching of the fluorescence quantum efficiency in colquiriite crystals measured by thermal lens spectrometry

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1784-1791

  Pilla, Viviane ^a   Catunda, Tomaz ^a   Lima, Sandro Marcio ^b   Medina, Antonio Neto ^c   Baesso, Mauro Luciano ^c   Jenssen, Hans P ^d   Cassanho, Arlete ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e AC Materials Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUENCHING; SPECTROMETRY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COLQUIRIITE CRYSTALS; ENERGY TRANSFER UPCONVERSION EFFECT; EXCITATION POWER LEVEL; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; THERMAL LENS SPECTROMETRY; THERMAL QUENCHING FLUORESCENCE (TQF);

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 10044234136     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001784     Document Type: Article

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