Luminescent properties and energy transfer in Pr3+ doped and Pr3+-Yb3+ Co-doped ZnO thin films

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 13775-13780

  Balestrieri, M ^a   Gallart, M ^a   Ziegler, M ^a   Bazylewski, P ^b   Ferblantier, G ^a   Schmerber, G ^a   Chang, G S ^b   Gilliot, P ^a   Muller, D ^a   Slaoui, A ^a   Colis, S ^a   Dinia, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITED STATES; IONS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETRONS; METAL IONS; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL FILMS; REACTIVE SPUTTERING; THIN FILMS; YTTERBIUM;

DIRECT EXCITATION; ELECTRONIC ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY LEVEL STRUCTURES; EXCITATION SPECTRUM; LUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; LUMINESCENT PROPERTY; MAGNETRON REACTIVE SPUTTERING; TRANSPARENT OXIDES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84906078671     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502311z     Document Type: Article

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