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Blue up-conversion with excitation into Tm ions at 808 nm in YVO4 crystals co-doped with thulium and ytterbium

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The up-conversion of infrared radiation at 808 nm, emitted by a diode laser, into blue emission centered at 480 nm in 1 at.% Tm, 5 at.% Yb: YVO4; 1 at.% Tm, 8 at.% Yb: YVO4 and 2 at.% Tm, 5 at.% Yb: YVO4 has been studied. The highest intensity of blue emission is found for the 1 at.% Tm, 8 at.%Yb: YVO4 system. The power dependence of up-converted emission upon continuous-wave excitation as well as the time evolution of its intensity upon short-pulse excitation were found to be consistent with a two-step excitation mechanism in which the forward Tm3+–Yb3+ energy transfer is followed by the back Yb3+–Tm3+ energy transfer. The effect of dopant concentrations on the up-conversion process is interpreted taking into account dynamics of the excited states involved.

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  1. Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Okólna 2, 50-950, Wroclaw, Poland

    R. Lisiecki & W. Ryba-Romanowski

  2. Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wolczynska 133, 01-919, Warsaw, Poland

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Lisiecki, R., Ryba-Romanowski, W. & Lukasiewicz, T. Blue up-conversion with excitation into Tm ions at 808 nm in YVO4 crystals co-doped with thulium and ytterbium. Appl. Phys. B 81, 43–47 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-1831-4

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