THE ULTRAVIOLET UP-CONVERSION LUMINESCENCE OF NONCRYSTALLINE ErP₅O₁₄

This paper reports the observation of the ultraviolet up-conversion lumines-cence phenomenon of noncrystalline ErP₅O₁₄ excited by pulse 532nm laser. The up-conversion mechanism is explained as follows, namely, when noncrystalline ErP₅O₁₄ is excited by 532nm laser, the excited population is mainly deposited in ⁴S_3/2 level because of the strong nonradiative relaxation between ²H_11/2 and ⁴S_3/2 level, then up-converted to (²H²G)_9/2 level by energy transfer between Er³⁺ ions, this produces the ultraviolet luminescence.