Metallic nanoparticles-decorated NdxY1-xAl3(BO3)4 sub-micrometric particles to enhance anti-Stokes excitation performance

Eloísa G. Hilário, Tatiana Habib, Célio V. T. Maciel +8

In the anti-Stokes excitation of trivalent rare-earth ions (RE3+), the excitation photons energy is smaller than that of a given absorption transition, and the energy mismatch can…