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Energy upconversion and spectroscopic studies of ZBLAN:Er3+

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A detailed spectroscopic investigation of ZBLAN:Er3+ sample was performed. Infrared to green, red to blue and blue to ultraviolet energy upconversion studies in this material were also performed. When the material was pumped with a 637 nm dye laser upconversion signals at 402 nm, whose efficiency is ~0.04%, were detected. Intensity parameters, transition probabilities, lifetimes and quantum efficiencies are also obtained.

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  1. Department of Physics, Alabama A&M University, P.O. Box 1268, Normal, AL, 35762, USA

    S. R. Bullock, B. R. Reddy & P. Venkateswarlu

  2. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, EB22, Huntsville, AL, 35812, USA

    S. K. Nash-Stevenson

  3. Fiber Optics Materials Research Program, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 08855, USA

    J. C. Fajardo

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Bullock, S.R., Reddy, B.R., Venkateswarlu, P. et al. Energy upconversion and spectroscopic studies of ZBLAN:Er3+. Optical and Quantum Electronics 29, 83–92 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018533501251

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