5d-4f Emission of Nd 3+, Sm 3+, Ho 3+, Er 3+, Tm 3+ ions in alkaline earth fluorides

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5 PART 2, 2012, Pages 2074-2078

  Radzhabov, E ^a   Nagirnyi, V ^b   Kirm, M ^b   Prosekina, E ^a  

^a VINOGRADOV INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Energy transfer; excitons; scintillator; vacuum ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH FLUORIDES; ALKALINE-EARTH FLUORIDE CRYSTALS; BAND-TO-BAND TRANSITION; DECAY TIME; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; ER-DOPED; EXCITATION SPECTRUM; LIGHT YIELD; LUMINESCENCE BAND; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLETS; X-RAY EXCITATION;

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; EXCITONS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LIGHT; PHOSPHORS; VACUUM;

NEODYMIUM;

EID: 84867535656     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2012.2188543     Document Type: Article

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