Upconversion in Er3+ -doped Zr O2 nanocrystals pumped at 1.426 μm

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Gómez, Luis A ^a   Maciel, Glauco S ^a,c   De Araújo, Cid B ^a   Patra, Amitava ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER EXCITATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PUMPING (LASER); SOL-GEL PROCESS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

FREQUENCY UPCONVERSION (UC); RATE EQUATIONS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 40849124330     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2844468     Document Type: Article

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