INFRARED TO BLUE UP-CONVERSION IN PR3+ DOPED YAG AND LIYF4 CRYSTALS

Authors
MALINOWSKI M JOUBERT MF JACQUIER B
Citation
M. Malinowski et al., INFRARED TO BLUE UP-CONVERSION IN PR3+ DOPED YAG AND LIYF4 CRYSTALS, Journal of luminescence, 60-1, 1994, pp. 179-182
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of luminescence → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222313
Volume
60-1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
179 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2313(1994)60-1:<179:ITBUIP>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Spectroscopic studies of the up-conversion excitation of the blue P-3( 0) emission using two near-infrared photons in Pr3+ doped yttrium alum inum garnet and LiYF4 crystals are reported. The excitation spectra an d decay time measurements indicate the sequential absorption of two ph otons with the nonresonant first step. Two-photon excitation spectra r evealed a structure not seen in one-photon measurements, allowing iden tification of several I-1(6) Stark levels.