Enhanced infrared to visible upconversion emission in Er3+ doped phosphate glass containing silver nanoparticles

• Main Authors: Amjad, Raja J., Sahar, Md. Rahim, Ghoshal, Sib Krishna, Riaz, S.
• Format: Article
• Published: Trans Tech Publications 2012
• Subjects: Q Science
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/36017/; http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.501.138
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Phosphate glasses containing fixed concentration of rare-earth with and without metallic nanoparticles (NPs) having compositions (59.5-x) P2O5-MgO-xAgCl-0.5Er2O3, where 0 = x = 1.5 mol% was prepared using melt-quenching technique. Spectral characterizations were made using UV-VIS-IR spectroscopy and...