Intense ultraviolet upconversion luminescence from hexagonal NaYF 4:Yb3+/Tm3+ microcrystals

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 11907-11914

  Wang, Guofeng ^a   Qin, Weiping ^a   Wang, Lili ^a   Wei, Guodong ^a   Zhu, Peifen ^a   Kim, Ryongjin ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; YTTERBIUM;

CROSS RELAXATION; DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP; EXCITATION POWER; NON-RADIATIVE RELAXATION; PHONON ASSISTED ENERGY TRANSFER; SATURATION CURVE; UP-CONVERSION EMISSION; UP-CONVERSION LUMINESCENCE;

MICROCRYSTALS;

FLUORIDE; SODIUM YTTRIUMTETRAFLUORIDE; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ILLUMINATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORIDES; LIGHTING; MINIATURIZATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YTTRIUM;

EID: 49149119506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.011907     Document Type: Article

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