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JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
Volume 128, Issue 5-6, Pages 914-917Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2007.11.031
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energy transfer; upconversion; laser crystals; rare earth
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Erbium (Er)-doped fluoride crystals (YLF, BYF, CaF2, etc.) are well-known as active media for solid-state lasers emitting in IR and VIS spectral domains, and as materials for efficient near-IR to VIS upconversion. In this paper, we report on the study of conversion of IR light from an similar to 1.5 mu m spectral region to an similar to 1 mu m spectral domain in low-phonon RE-doped fluoride crystals CaF2 (RE = Er3+ Yb3+). Energy transfer processes taking place at selective pulsed and CW laser excitation are investigated experimentally. It is shown that in the CaF2:RE crystals efficient conversion of IR radiation from the similar to 1.5 mu m, region to the similar to 1 mu m region occurs, and these crystals are perspective for using in spectral converters for enhancing solar cell efficiency. (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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