On the Efficiency of Yb3+‐Er3+ Activated Up‐Conversion Phosphors

Abstract
Efficiencies of Yb3+‐Er3+ activated up‐conversion phosphors are determined by the efficiency of the excitation process and by that of the final emission process in the Er3+ ion. The former process is dependent on the infrared excitation density. We measured the efficiency of the emission process by excitation to selected Er3+ levels for various host lattices and as a function of Yb3+ and Er3+ concentrations. For one of the best up‐conversion phosphors known at present, , the efficiency of the green emission, is about 6%.

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