Integrating Temporal and Spatial Control of Electronic Transitions for Bright Multiphoton Upconversion

Overview

Journal Nat Commun

Specialty Biology

Date 2019 Apr 20

PMID 31000711

Citations 19

Authors

Tianying Sun

Yuhua Li

Wai Lok Ho

Qi Zhu

Xian Chen

Limin Jin

Haomiao Zhu

Bolong Huang

Jun Lin

Brent E Little

Sai Tak Chu

Feng Wang

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Abstract

The applications of lanthanide-doped upconversion nanomaterials are limited by unsatisfactory brightness currently. Herein, a general strategy is proposed for boosting the upconversion efficiency in Er ions, based on combined use of a core-shell nanostructured host and an integrated optical waveguide circuit excitation platform. A NaErF@NaYF core-shell nanoparticle is constructed to host the upconversion process for minimizing non-radiative dissipation of excitation energy by surface quenchers. Furthermore, an integrated optical microring resonator is designed to promote absorption of excitation light by the nanoparticles, which alleviates quenching of excited states due to cross-relaxation and phonon-assisted energy transfer. As a result, multiphoton upconversion emission with a large anti-Stokes shift (greater than 1150 nm) and a high energy conversion efficiency (over 5.0%) is achieved under excitation at 1550 nm. These advances in controlling photon upconversion offer exciting opportunities for important photonics applications.

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