Intense near-UV upconversion luminescence in Tm 3+/Yb 3+ co-doped low-phonon-energy lithium gallogermanate oxide glass

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1726-1729

  Zhou, Bo ^a   Tao, Lili ^a   Jin, Wei ^a   Tsang, Yuen H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Energy transfer; Low phonon energy oxide glass; Tm 3+ near ultraviolet (UV) upconversion luminescence

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; CROSS-RELAXATION PROCESS; EMISSION CROSS SECTION; GLASS MATRICES; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; LASER DIODE EXCITATION; LOW PHONON ENERGIES; OXIDE GLASS; UP-CONVERSION EMISSION; UP-CONVERSION LUMINESCENCE;

ENERGY TRANSFER; LITHIUM; PHONONS; YTTERBIUM;

GLASS;

EID: 84866385198     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2213805     Document Type: Article

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