CONTINUOUS-WAVE ULTRAVIOLET FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION DUE TO TRIADS OF ND3+ IONS IN FLUOROINDATE GLASS

Authors
MENEZES LD DEARAUJO CB MACIEL GS MESSADDEQ Y AEGERTER MA
Citation
Ld. Menezes et al., CONTINUOUS-WAVE ULTRAVIOLET FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION DUE TO TRIADS OF ND3+ IONS IN FLUOROINDATE GLASS, Applied physics letters, 70(6), 1997, pp. 683-685
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
70
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
683 - 685
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1997)70:6<683:CUFUDT>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We have observed ultraviolet upconversion fluorescence from the D-4(3/ 2) and P-2(3/2) levels of Nd3+ in fluoroindate glass under infrared pu mping. It was found that the excitation of a large population in the F -4(3/2) metastable level allows to achieve strong upconversion emissio ns at 354 and 382 nm. A simple rate equation model reproduces the temp oral behavior of the upconverted emission and allows us to estimate th e energy transfer rate among three Nd3+ ions participating in the proc ess. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.