Title :
Pr/sup 3+/ doped materials as photon cascade emitters for mercury-free discharge lamps
Author :
Kuck, Stefan ; Henke, Markus ; Sokolska, Irena
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Laser-Physik, Hamburg Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Pr/sup 3+/ doped materials for potential application in Hg-free discharge lamps were spectroscopically investigated. The quantum efficiency of the cascade emission was estimated. The possible energy transfer to acceptor ions is analyzed.
Keywords :
discharge lamps; fluorescence spectroscopy; luminescent devices; optical materials; praseodymium; Pr/sup 3+/ doped materials; acceptor ions; energy transfer; mercury-free discharge lamps; photon cascade emitters; quantum efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
