Upconversion luminescence of an insulator involving a band to band multiphoton excitation process

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 11753-11758

  Wang, Jiwei ^a,b,c   Hao, Jian Hua ^a   Tanner, Peter A ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c LIAONING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION BANDS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; QUANTUM OPTICS;

CROSSRELAXATION; ENERGY TRANSFER UPCONVERSION; ERBIUM ION; IN-VACUUM; INTENSITY RATIO; ION CONCENTRATIONS; LASER POWER; MULTIPHOTON EXCITATION; NEAR-INFRARED EXCITATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RED EMISSION BAND; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION LUMINESCENCE;

MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES;

EID: 79958194841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.011753     Document Type: Article

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