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Up-conversion luminescence in Er 3+/Yb3+ co-doped LiYF4 single crystal s

JIAZHONG ZHANG1, HAIPING XIA1,* , LI FU1, SHUO YANG1, YONGZHANG JIANG1, XUEMEI GU1, JIANLI ZHANG2

Affiliation

  1. Key laboratory of Photo electronic Materials, Ningbo Universit y, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China
  2. Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 3152 0 1, China

Abstract

The absorption spectra and up-conversion (UC) luminescence of Er3+/Yb3+ ions co doped LiYF4 s ingle crystal s synthesized by vertical Bridgman method were investigated. Up conversion emissions at 519, 522, 529 nm, and 541, 550 nm, and 649, 655, 669 nm were observed. The yellowish green light can be achieved from 2.14 mol% Er3+ and 4.04 mol% Yb3+ co-doped LiYF4 crystal. The mechanisms of UC emissions are proposed based on the pump power dependent UC spectra. A cooperative energy transfer process from excited Yb3+ to Er3+ in the form of two photons has been presented in LiYF4 at room temperature..

Keywords

Up-conversion, Crystal growth, LiYF4 single crystals, Er3+, Yb3.

Citation

JIAZHONG ZHANG, HAIPING XIA, LI FU, SHUO YANG, YONGZHANG JIANG, XUEMEI GU, JIANLI ZHANG, Up-conversion luminescence in Er 3+/Yb3+ co-doped LiYF4 single crystal s, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 9, 5-6, May-June 2015, pp.626-629 (2015).

Submitted at: July 12, 2014

Accepted at: May 7, 2015