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Visible photon-avalanche upconversion in Ho3+ singly doped beta-Na(Y1.5Na0.5)F6 under 980 nm excitation
Xiangfu Wang1, Siguo Xiao, Yanyan Bu
1Institute for Nanophysics and Rare-Earth Luminescence, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China.
Abstract:
Visible IR-to-green photon-avalanche upconversion is reported in an Ho3+ singly doped beta-Na(Y1.5Na0.5)F6 crystal under 980 nm excitation. Upconverted green, red, and IR emissions are observed at 540, 645, and 751 nm, respectively. Temporal evolution and excitation power dependent upconversion intensity are measured, suggesting that a photon-avalanche mechanism is responsible for the upconversion process. It is believed that an efficient cross relaxation (5S2,5I8)-->(5I6,5I6) mainly performs the population of 5I6 excited state, resulting in the intense photon-avalanche upconversion emission in the synthesized samples.
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