Significance of Yb3+ concentration on the upconversion mechanisms in codoped Y2O3:Er3+, Yb 3+ nanocrystals

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 661-667

  Vetrone, Fiorenzo ^a   Boyer, John Christopher ^a   Capobianco, John A ^a   Speghini, Adolfo ^b   Bettinelli, Marco ^b  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODE RAY TUBES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONSERVATION; CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LUMINESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; YTTRIUM;

EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION (ESA); NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTON AVALANCHE (PA); UPCONVERSION MECHANISMS;

YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 3142750143     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1739523     Document Type: Article

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