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Dual light-emitting Yb3+,Er3+-doped La(IO3)3 iodate nanocrystals: up-conversion and second harmonic generation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2019

Sylvain Regny ,
Kévin Bredillet ,
Jérémy Riporto ,
Isabelle Gautier-Luneau ,
Yannick Mugnier ,
Ronan Le Dantec  and
Géraldine Dantelle
Sylvain Regny
Affiliation:
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, F-38000Grenoble, France
Kévin Bredillet
Affiliation:
Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, SYMME, F-74000Annecy, France
Jérémy Riporto
Affiliation:
Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, SYMME, F-74000Annecy, France
Isabelle Gautier-Luneau
Affiliation:
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, F-38000Grenoble, France
Yannick Mugnier
Affiliation:
Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, SYMME, F-74000Annecy, France
Ronan Le Dantec
Affiliation:
Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, SYMME, F-74000Annecy, France
Géraldine Dantelle*
Affiliation:
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, F-38000Grenoble, France
*
Address all correspondence to Géraldine Dantelle at geraldine.dantelle@neel.cnrs.fr
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Abstract

The authors report the microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of α-La(IO3)3 nanocrystals doped with Yb3+ and Er3+ ions, along with their structural and optical characterizations. 50-nm-sized α-La0.9−xYb0.1Erx(IO3)3 nanocrystals with x = 0.005, 0.01, and 0.02 were synthesized and dispersed in ethylene glycol. The as-obtained suspensions exhibit both second harmonic generation (SHG) signal and up-conversion photoluminescence (UC-PL) without interplay between the two signals under near-infrared resonant excitation. The relative intensity of SHG and UC-PL emission can be modulated according to the excitation wavelength. The most intense UC-PL signal is obtained from a 980-nm excitation, thanks to the sensitization of Er3+ by Yb3+.

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MRS Communications , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , December 2019 , pp. 1221 - 1226
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