Observation of size dependence in multicolor upconversion in single Yb 3+, Er3+ codoped NaYF4 nanocrystals

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2477-2481

  Schietinger, Stefan ^a   De S Menezes, Leonardo ^b   Lauritzen, Björn ^a,c   Benson, Oliver ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; CO-DOPED; CONFOCAL SETUP; MULTIPHONON RELAXATIONS; NEW STRATEGY; SINGLE NANOCRYSTALS; SIZE-DEPENDENCE; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION EMISSION; UPCONVERSION FLUORESCENCE;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ERBIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; YTTERBIUM;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 66749151056     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl901253t     Document Type: Article

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