Blue cooperative upconversion and white light emission from Y2Si2O7:Yb3+ nanopowders due to 975-nm infrared excitation

Gonul Eryurek; Hatun Cinkaya; Murat Erdem; Gokhan Bilir

doi:10.1117/1.JNP.10.026022

26 May 2016 Blue cooperative upconversion and white light emission from Y₂Si₂O₇:Yb³⁺ nanopowders due to 975-nm infrared excitation

Gonul Eryurek, Hatun Cinkaya, Murat Erdem, Gokhan Bilir

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Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 10, Issue 2, 026022 (May 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.10.026022

Abstract

We report the luminescence properties of undoped and 10% Yb³⁺-doped Y₂Si₂O₇ nanopowders under the infrared excitation of 975-nm laser diode. A broadband white light (WL) emission is observed in the undoped powder, and its intensity becomes stronger with increasing excitation power. A blue emission centered at ∼475 nm is observed below the excitation power of ∼2 W in the Yb³⁺-doped sample. The blue emission intensity dependence on the excitation power suggests that this emission is a two-photon absorption process known as the cooperative luminescence of Yb³⁺ ions. When the excitation power is increased above 2 W, a broadband “white” emission extending from blue into the near infrared appears while the blue cooperative emission band of Yb³⁺ ions disappears. The excitation power dependence of the WL intensity at 758 nm is due to a multiphoton process that may be attributed to the thermal radiation mechanism. The International Commission on Illumination coordinates (x,y) for the WL emission in the Yb³⁺-doped Y₂Si₂O₇ nanocrystalline sample is found to be (0.4503, 0.3999) and (0.5035, 0.4096) for 2.005- and 3.68-W excitation powers, respectively. These values lie in the yellowish region and correspond to the color temperature value of 5030 K, with a color rendering index of 85.

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Gonul Eryurek, Hatun Cinkaya, Murat Erdem, and Gokhan Bilir "Blue cooperative upconversion and white light emission from Y₂Si₂O₇:Yb³⁺ nanopowders due to 975-nm infrared excitation," Journal of Nanophotonics 10(2), 026022 (26 May 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.10.026022

Published: 26 May 2016

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