Near-infrared quantum splitting in Ho3+: LaF3 nanocrystals embedded germanate glass ceramic

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 636-643

  Zhang, W J ^a   Yu, D C ^a   Zhang, J P ^a   Qian, Q ^a   Xu, S H ^a   Yang, Z M ^a   Zhang, Q Y ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITATION SPECTROSCOPY; GERMANATE GLASS; NEAR INFRARED; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; QUANTUM SPLITTING; SPECTROSCOPIC PARAMETERS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

GLASS CERAMICS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 84862123488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000636     Document Type: Article

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