Ultraviolet emissions from Gd3 ions excited by energy transfer from Ho3 ions

Ying Yu, Yangdong Zheng, Zhemin Cheng, Dan Wang, Lixin Liu, Feng Qin, Changbin Zheng, Zhiguo Zhang, Wenwu Cao

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Abstract

Ultraviolet (UV) upconversion (UC) emissions of Gd3 ion were investigated in Y1.838-xGdxYb0.16Ho 0.002O3 (x=0, 0.16, 0.4, 1, 1.4) bulk ceramics under 976 nm laser diode (LD) excitation. The UC emissions centered at 309 and 315 nm are assigned to the transition of 6P5/28S7/2 (Gd) and 6P7/28S7/2 (Gd). The 6PJ levels of Gd3 ions are populated by an energy transfer (ET) process from 8S7/2 (Gd)(3P1, 3L 8, 3M10) (Ho)→6PJ (Gd)5I8 (Ho). A four-photon ET UC process was confirmed by the dependence of the 6P7/2 level emission intensity on the pumping power. We found that the intensity of the UC emissions increased with Gd3 ion concentration and peaked at 8 mol%, then starts to decrease until the Gd3 ion concentration reached 70 mol%. The variation in the UV emission intensity is the result of the competition between the ET process and concentration quenching effect. Theoretical calculations based on steady-state equations validated the proposed UC mechanisms.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)347-351
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Luminescence
Volume131
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biophysics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • General Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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