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Chin. Phys. B, 2012, Vol. 21(9): 097803    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/21/9/097803
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Intense up-conversion emissions of Yb3+/Dy3+ co-doped Al2O3 nanopowders prepared by non-aqueous sol–gel method

Li Cheng-Ren (李成仁)a, Li Shu-Feng (李淑凤)b, Dong Bin (董斌)c, Sun Jing-Chang (孙景昌)a, Bo Xiao-Feng (卜晓峰)a, Fan Xu-Nan (范旭楠)a
a College of Physics and Electronic Technology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China;
b School of Physics and Optoelectronic Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China;
c School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian 116600, China
Abstract  Yb3+/Dy3+ co-doped Al2O3 nanopowders have been prepared by the non-aqueous sol-gel method and their up- conversion photoluminescence spectra are measured under excitation by 980-nm semiconductor laser. The results show that there are comparatively abundant spectra of up-conversion emissions centered at 378, 408, 527 and 543, and 663 nm, corresponding to 4G9/26H13/2, 4G9/26H11/2, 4I15/26H13/2, and 4F9/26H11/2 transitions of Dy3+, respectively. Two-photon and three-photon processes are involved in ultraviolet, violet, green, and red up-conversion emissions. The energy transition between Yb3+ and Dy3+ is discussed.
Keywords:  Yb3+/Dy + co-doped Al2O3 nanopowders      non-aqueous sol-gel method      photo- luminescence spectra      up-conversion emission  
Received:  07 January 2012      Revised:  06 April 2012      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  78.55.Qr (Amorphous materials; glasses and other disordered solids)  
  38.80.Wr  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11004092) and the Scientific Research Fund of Education Department of Liaoning Province, China (Grant No. 2009A417).
Corresponding Authors:  Li Cheng-Ren     E-mail:  lshdg@sina.com.cn

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Li Cheng-Ren (李成仁), Li Shu-Feng (李淑凤), Dong Bin (董斌), Sun Jing-Chang (孙景昌), Bo Xiao-Feng (卜晓峰), Fan Xu-Nan (范旭楠) Intense up-conversion emissions of Yb3+/Dy3+ co-doped Al2O3 nanopowders prepared by non-aqueous sol–gel method 2012 Chin. Phys. B 21 097803

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