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Abstract
Photon avalanche is a special phenomenon of upconversion that the luminescence emission intensity exhibits a significant nonlinear response to the excitation power. Traditional photon avalanche is typically observed in bulk materials, which is not enough to meet requirements of modern techniques as it expect smaller in size and stronger in signal response. In this study, photon avalanche effect is obtained from single LiYF4: Yb3+/Pr3+ microparticle. The emission intensity demonstrates a 16-order nonlinear coefficient with excitation intensity change under 835 nm laser excitation. By utilizing the plasmonic effect of noble metal nanoparticles, we successfully modulate the photon avalanche of the particle. Obvious reduction in the threshold of photon avalanche is detected when plasmonic gold nanorods are assembled to the surface of LiYF4: Yb3+/Pr3+ microparticle.
期刊介绍:
The purpose of the Journal of Luminescence is to provide a means of communication between scientists in different disciplines who share a common interest in the electronic excited states of molecular, ionic and covalent systems, whether crystalline, amorphous, or liquid.
We invite original papers and reviews on such subjects as: exciton and polariton dynamics, dynamics of localized excited states, energy and charge transport in ordered and disordered systems, radiative and non-radiative recombination, relaxation processes, vibronic interactions in electronic excited states, photochemistry in condensed systems, excited state resonance, double resonance, spin dynamics, selective excitation spectroscopy, hole burning, coherent processes in excited states, (e.g. coherent optical transients, photon echoes, transient gratings), multiphoton processes, optical bistability, photochromism, and new techniques for the study of excited states. This list is not intended to be exhaustive. Papers in the traditional areas of optical spectroscopy (absorption, MCD, luminescence, Raman scattering) are welcome. Papers on applications (phosphors, scintillators, electro- and cathodo-luminescence, radiography, bioimaging, solar energy, energy conversion, etc.) are also welcome if they present results of scientific, rather than only technological interest. However, papers containing purely theoretical results, not related to phenomena in the excited states, as well as papers using luminescence spectroscopy to perform routine analytical chemistry or biochemistry procedures, are outside the scope of the journal. Some exceptions will be possible at the discretion of the editors.