Recent progress in quantum cutting phosphors

Progress in Materials Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 353-427

  Zhang, Q Y ^a   Huang, X Y ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR IONS; CASCADE EMISSION; DOWNCONVERSION; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ELECTRONIC DISPLAY; ENERGY LOSS; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; IN-VACUUM; LIGHTING INDUSTRY; LOW ENERGY PHOTONS; LUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; LUMINESCENT MATERIAL; MATERIALS SYNTHESIS; NEAR INFRA RED; QUANTUM CUTTING; RECENT PROGRESS; SINGLE ION; SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUES; THERMALIZATION; UV-VISIBLE; VISIBLE SPECTRAL REGIONS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ERBIUM; EUROPIUM; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GADOLINIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; IONS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; PHOSPHORS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY; YTTERBIUM;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 77349097102     PISSN: 00796425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2009.10.001     Document Type: Review

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