Polarization memory of white luminescence of Ag nanoclusters dispersed in glass host

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 21576-21582

  Kuznetsov, A S ^a   Tikhomirov, V K ^a   Moshchalkov, V V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; ENERGY TRANSFER; GLASS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NANOCLUSTERS; POLARIZATION; SILVER; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AG NANOCLUSTERS; LUMINESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS; OXY-FLUORIDE GLASS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLARIZATION MEMORY; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WHITE LUMINESCENCE;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84866252254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.021576     Document Type: Article

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