Up-conversion luminescence polarization control in Er3+-doped NaYF4 nanocrystals

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/25/2/023201

Abstract We propose a femtosecond laser polarization modulation scheme to control the up-conversion (UC) luminescence in Er³⁺-doped NaYF₄ nanocrystals dispersed in the silicate glass. We show that the UC luminescence can be suppressed when the laser polarization is changed from linear through elliptical to circular, and the higher repetition rate will yield the lower control efficiency. We theoretically analyze the physical control mechanism of the UC luminescence polarization modulation by considering on- and near-resonant two-photon absorption, energy transfer up-conversion, and excited state absorption, and show that the polarization control mainly comes from the contribution of near-resonant two-photon absorption. Furthermore, we propose a method to improve the polarization control efficiency of UC luminescence in rare-earth ions by applying a two-color femtosecond laser field.

Keywords: up-conversion luminescence laser polarization nanocrystal

Received: 08 August 2015
Revised: 09 October 2015
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PACS:	32.80.Qk	(Coherent control of atomic interactions with photons)
	33.80.-b	(Photon interactions with molecules)
	61.46.Hk	(Nanocrystals)

Fund: Project supported by the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11304396), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11474096 and 51132004), and the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, China (Grant No. 14JC1401500).

Corresponding Authors: Shi-An Zhang
E-mail: sazhang@phy.ecnu.edu.cn

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Hui Zhang(张晖), Yun-Hua Yao(姚云华), Shi-An Zhang(张诗按), Chen-Hui Lu(卢晨晖), Zhen-Rong Sun(孙真荣) Up-conversion luminescence polarization control in Er³⁺-doped NaYF₄ nanocrystals 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 023201

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