Three-photon infrared quantum cutting from single species of rare-earth Er3+ ions in Er0.3Gd0.7VO4 crystalline

被引:44
作者
Chen, Xiaobo [1 ]
Wu, Jinguang [2 ]
Xu, Xiaolin [1 ]
Zhang, Yunzhi [3 ]
Sawanobori, Naruhito [4 ]
Zhang, Chunlin [3 ]
Pan, Qinghua [2 ]
Salamo, Gragory J. [5 ]
机构
[1] Beijing Normal Univ, Appl Opt Beijing Area Major Lab, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
[2] Peking Univ, Sch Chem, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
[3] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China
[4] Sumita Opt Glass Inc, Urawa, Saitama 338, Japan
[5] Univ Arkansas, Dept Phys, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
GLASS-CERAMICS; DOWNCONVERSION;
D O I
10.1364/OL.34.000887
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
An effective three-photon IR quantum cutting excited by visible light used for solar cells, which has attracted broad attention of academia recently, is reported for the first time (to our knowledge). It is based on a single species of rare-earth Er3+ ion of Er0.3Gd0.7VO4 crystalline. It was found that the approximate quantum cutting efficiency of the 1532.5 nm I-4(13/2)-> I-4(15/2) fluorescence, when the H-2(11/2) level was excited, is about 178.55%. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
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页码:887 / 889
页数:3
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