Dynamics of the excitation and upconversion processes in YAlO3 : Pr single crystals

Ozen G., FORTE O., DI BARTOLO B., COLLINS J. M.

JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE, cilt.125, ss.223-229, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 125
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2006.08.033
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.223-229
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This work focuses on the phenomenon of upconversion in YAlO3:Pr crystals with particular attention to the mechanism responsible for it and to the processes that affect the upconversion efficiency. We have investigated the spectral features of Pr3+ ions in YAlO3 host crystals with various Pr3+ concentrations. We observed upconverted emission in YAlO3:Pr when exciting the system in the D-1(2) level with light from a dye laser at similar to 599 nm: this emission is due to transitions originating in P-3(0), a level more energetic than the 1132 level. The dynamics of the upconversion process was studied by measuring decay patterns and emission intensities as a function of excitation and temperature in the range 24-300 K. The experimental data indicate that the mechanism responsible is energy transfer, and that the efficiency of the transfer decreases significantly as the temperature increases. The reasons for this temperature dependence are discussed. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V.