Chemical Communications · 2011 · 87 citations · 13 references
Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceOptical MaterialsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsFluorescence SpectroscopyLight SourcesLuminescent MaterialsOptical SpectroscopyRare-earth-doped MaterialsUpconversion MaterialsLanthanide-doped Upconversion PhosphorsLuminescence MechanismsPhosphorescent MaterialsRare-earth-doped CrystalsRare-earth-doped Luminescent MaterialsUpconversion Host MaterialsUpconversion LuminescenceUpconversion Luminescence Mechanisms
We report efficient white upconversion luminescence in Yb(3+)-, Er(3+)- and Tm(3+)-doped monophasic and biphasic Y(2)BaZnO(5) phosphors under 977 nm near-infrared excitation and at low excitation power densities (down to ∼25 mW mm(-2)).
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