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One color, pulsed excited-state upconversion in YAG:Tm3+

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One color red laser pumping of YAG:Tm3+ crystals results in a strong upconverted near ultraviolet and blue fluorescence from the excited1 D 2 and1 G 4 multiplets. It is found that under pulsed-pumping conditions the quasi-resonant excited-state absorption from the3 H 4 multiplet is the responsible process. Analysis of the upconverted emission confirmed previous results on3 H 4 level assignments as well as on inhomogeneous line broadening in the YAG structure.

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  1. Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics PW, ul.Koszykowa 75, PL-00-662, Warsaw, Poland

    M. Malinowski

  2. Institute of Electron Materials Technology, ul. Wólczyñska 133, PL-01-919, Warsaw, Poland

    Z. Frukacz

  3. Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Matériaux Luminescents, URA 442 du CNRS, Universite Lyon 1, Bât.205, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France

    M. F. Joubert, B. Jacquier & C. Linares

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Malinowski, M., Frukacz, Z., Joubert, M.F. et al. One color, pulsed excited-state upconversion in YAG:Tm3+ . Appl. Phys. B 62, 149–152 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01081117

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