Bright dual-mode green emission from selective set of dopant ions in β-Na(Y,Gd)F4:Yb,Er/β-NaGdF4:Ce,Tb core/shell nanocrystals

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 17107-17118

  Jang, Ho Seong ^a   Woo, Kyoungja ^a   Lim, Kipil ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COREMAKING; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GADOLINIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TERBIUM; YTTERBIUM;

CORE MATERIAL; CORE/SHELL; CORE/SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; CORE/SHELL NANOPARTICLES; DOPANT IONS; DOWNCONVERSION; DUAL MODES; GREEN EMISSIONS; GREEN LIGHT; LANTHANIDE ION; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT; OPTICAL IMAGING; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; PL INTENSITY; PL PROPERTY; SHELL MATERIALS; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS; UP-CONVERSION;

IONS;

EID: 84864153611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.017107     Document Type: Article

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