Cooperative Down-Conversion Luminescence in <formula formulatype="inline"><tex Notation="TeX">$ \hbox{Tb}^{3+}/ \hbox{Yb}^{3+}$</tex></formula> Co-Doped <formula formulatype="inline"><tex Notation="TeX">$\hbox{LiYF}_{4}$</tex> </formula> Single Crystals

Cooperative down-conversion (DC) with emission of two near-infrared photons for each blue photon absorbed was achieved in Tb<sup>3+</sup>/Yb<sup>3+</sup> co-doped yttrium lithium fluoride single crystals grown by an improved Bridgman method. The luminescent properties of the...

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Main Authors: Li Fu, Haiping Xia, Yanmin Dong, Shanshan Li, Haochuan Jiang, Baojiu Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2014-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6714393/