Authors: A K Singh K Kumar A C Pandey O Parkash S B Rai D Kumar
Publish Date: 2011/07/29
Volume: 104, Issue: 4, Pages: 1035-
Abstract
Hexagonal LaF3Er3+/Yb3+ phosphor material has been synthesized by chemical precipitation method to obtain high nearinfrared to green upconversion UC efficiency Its thermal structural and fluorescence properties have been studied UC emission bands have been observed up to 315 nm in UV region The effect of input pump power on the intensities of various emission bands has been studied in detail and photon avalanche UC mechanism has been identified On increasing the excitation power some bands have shown saturation in intensity Also at higher pump intensities two new UC bands were observed and their origin has been discussed The phosphor has also been tested for possible UCbased fingerprint detection
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