Quantum cutting in Li (770 nm) and Yb (1000 nm) co-dopant emission bands by energy transfer from the ZnO nano-crystalline host

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 15955-15964

  Shestakov, M V ^a,b   Tikhomirov, V K ^a   Kirilenko, D ^c   Kuznetsov, A S ^a   Chibotaru, L F ^a   Baranov, A N ^b   Van Tendeloo, G ^c   Moshchalkov, V V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YTTERBIUM; ZINC OXIDE;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BROAD EMISSION BANDS; CO-DOPANTS; CO-DOPED; DOWNCONVERSION; EMISSION BANDS; EXCITON ABSORPTIONS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM CUTTING; SALT MIXTURES; SI SOLAR CELLS; THERMAL GROWTH; ZNO;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80051735833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.015955     Document Type: Article

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