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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 69, Issue 23, Pages -Publisher
AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.233315
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Sensitization of Er emission by Si nanoclusters (Si-nc) is investigated with pulsed and continuous optical pumping, in and off resonance with excited states of Er3+ ion. We show that under high-power pulsed pumping, the excitation process is limited by the finite energy transfer time from Si-nc to Er3+ ions. By comparison between pulsed and steady-state excitation, the concentration of sensitizers and average number of Er3+ ions coupled to a single nanocluster are independently determined in an experiment. The results clarify conditions needed for efficient sensitization of SiO2:Er by Si-nc.
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