Pumping-power-dependent photoluminescence angular distribution from an opal photonic crystal composed of monodisperse Eu3+/SiO2 core/shell nanospheres

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 15418-15426

  Tuyen, Le Dac ^a,b   Lin, Jian Hung ^a   Wu, Cheng Yi ^a   Tai, Po Tse ^c   Tang, Jau ^c   Minh, Le Quoc ^d   Kan, Hung Chih ^a   Hsu, Chia Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; EUROPIUM; NANOSPHERES; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PUMPS; SILICA; SLOW LIGHT;

CORE/SHELL; EMISSION LINES; EMITTED LIGHT; HIGH QUALITY; LARGE POPULATION; MONODISPERSE; OPAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; PHOTONIC STOP BAND; PL EMISSION; PL INTENSITY; PUMPING POWER; QUASI-MONOCHROMATIC; SELF-ASSEMBLING; SLOW GROUP VELOCITY;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 84863771617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.015418     Document Type: Article

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