Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5397904 | Journal of Luminescence | 2017 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
We have studied the NIR (near infrared) to visible up-conversion of Er/Yb co-doped YF3 thin films prepared by PLI-MOCVD (pulsed liquid injection metal-organic chemical vapor deposition). Violet, strong green, as well as red emission bands corresponding to intra-4f transitions in Er3+ were observed under 972Â nm excitation. The up-converted emission was studied as a function of the Yb concentration and in doing so, a change in the red/green emission intensity ratio was observed. We attributed this, on one hand, to an Er-to-Yb back transfer corresponding to 4S3/2 â 4I13/2:2F7/2 â 2F5/2, which starts to occur at increasing Yb concentrations. As a consequence, the red emission is shown to be enhanced through an upward energy transfer 4I13/2 â 4F9/2. On the other hand the depopulation of 4S3/2 is also related to an upward transfer from Yb to Er corresponding to transition 2F5/2 â 2F7/2 :4S3/2 â 4G9/2 which is enhanced by an increasing Yb concentration. We performed power-dependent up-conversion luminescence measurements to confirm the proposed excitation mechanisms. Finally, lifetimes of the intermediate states 4S3/2 and 4F9/2 were determined, to show the influence of the Yb concentration on the relaxation processes in Er3+.
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Authors
E.L. Payrer, A.L. Joudrier, P. Aschehoug, R.M. Almeida, J.L. Deschanvres,