Optical avalanche in Ho:Yb:Gd2O3 nanocrystals

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Dwivedi, Y ^a   Bahadur, A ^a   Rai, S B ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EFFICIENT ENERGY TRANSFER; EMISSION INTENSITY; ENERGY TRANSFER PROCESS; NANOPHOSPHORS; PHOTON AVALANCHE; PHOTONS ABSORPTION; PHOTOPHYSICS; POWER DEPENDENCE; SPHERICAL NANOCRYSTALS; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; TECHNIQUES USED; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; UP-CONVERSION EMISSION;

ENERGY TRANSFER; GADOLINIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTONS; SPHERES; YTTERBIUM;

HOLMIUM;

EID: 80052399711     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3622624     Document Type: Article

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