DocumentCode
732687
Title
Tip-enhanced upconversion of Er3+/Yb3+:NaYF4 nanoparticles
Author
Gengxu Chen ; Wu, E. ; Chengjie Ding ; Botao Wu ; Xueting Ci ; Yan Liu ; Youying Rong ; Yingxian Xue ; Heping Zeng
Author_Institution
State Key Lab. of Precision Spectrosc., East China Normal Univ., Shanghai, China
fYear
2015
fDate
10-15 May 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrated tip-enhanced upconversion luminescence from a single Er3+/Yb3+:NaYF4 nanoparticle due to plasmonic effect. The gold-coated tip enabled improved reception and transmission of incident electromagnetic fields, which increased both absorption and emission processes.
Keywords
erbium; gold; nanoparticles; photoluminescence; plasmonics; sodium compounds; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; Au; NaYF4:Er,Yb; absorption process; emission process; gold-coated tip; incident electromagnetic field reception; incident electromagnetic field transmission; nanoparticles; plasmonic effect; tip-enhanced upconversion luminescence; Absorption; Biomedical optical imaging; Electromagnetic fields; Luminescence; Nanoparticles; Optical imaging; Plasmons;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7183123
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