• 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