Sublinear and superlinear photoluminescence from Nd doped anodic aluminum oxide templates loaded with Ag nanowires

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 18028-18033

  Zhou, Zhang Kai ^a   Su, Xiong Rui ^a   Peng, Xiao Niu ^a   Zhou, Li ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; LASER EXCITATION; NANOWIRES; OXIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PUMPING (LASER);

ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE TEMPLATE; EXCITATION LASERS; EXCITATION POWER DEPENDENCE; NONLINEAR AMPLIFICATION; POLARIZATION RATIOS; RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS; STRONG INTERACTION;

ANODIC OXIDATION;

EID: 55549097855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.018028     Document Type: Article

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