Multiphonon relaxation in rare-earth doped fluorozirconate-based glasses containing BaCl2 nanocrystals

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Pfau, C ^a   Skrzypczak, U ^a   Ahrens, B ^b,c   Schweizer, S ^b,c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b SOUTH WESTPHALIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER CENTER FOR SILICON PHOTOVOLTAICS CSP   (Germany)

Author keywords

glass ceramics; luminescence; nanocrystals; phonon interactions; rare earth doping

Indexed keywords

EXPONENTIAL DEPENDENCE; MULTIPHONON RELAXATIONS; NONRADIATIVE DECAY RATE; PHONON INTERACTIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION; RADIATIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCIES; RARE-EARTH DOPING; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY;

GLASS CERAMICS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINESCENCE; PHONONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84890689950     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/2/025406     Document Type: Article

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