Rate equation analysis of nanocrystal-enhanced upconversion in neodymium-doped glass ceramics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9140, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Skrzypczak, U ^a   Pfau, Charlotte ^a   Seifert, G ^a,b   Schweizer, Stefan ^c,d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER CENTER FOR SILICON PHOTOVOLTAICS CSP   (Germany)

^c SOUTH WESTPHALIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nanocrystals; Optical Spectroscopy; Rare Earth doped Glasses; Rate Equations

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GLASS CERAMICS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCRYSTALS; NEODYMIUM; PHONONS; PHOTONS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EFFECTIVE MEDIUM APPROACHES; ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION; MONOCHROMATIC ILLUMINATION; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; RARE-EARTH DOPED GLASS; RATE EQUATIONS; SELF-CONSISTENT DESCRIPTION; UP-CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

IONS;

EID: 84902294464     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2051764     Document Type: Conference Paper

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