Frequency conversion has always been an important topic in optics. Nonlinear optics has
traditionally focused on frequency conversion based on nonlinear susceptibility but with the …

Lanthanide materials have great applications in optical communication, biological
fluorescence imaging, laser, and so on, due to their narrow emission bandwidths, large …

The composite film of mesoporous silica coated NaYF 4: Er 3+/Yb 3+ upconversion
nanoparticles and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in Poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) medium were …

Tellurite glasses doped Er 3+ ions and containing Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) are
prepared using melt quenching technique. The nucleation and growth of Ag NPs were …

Particles of sizes between 1 and 100 nm show fascinating properties with unusual
characteristics that lead to the formation of unique properties in nanosystems, which are not …

The growth of large silver nanoparticles in a tellurite glass of basic composition 70TeO 2,
10Nb 2 O 5, 20ZnO and doped with Eu 3+ ions was evidenced by XRD and TEM …

We report a systematic study of the localized surface plasmon resonance effects on the
photoluminescence of Er3+-doped tellurite glasses containing Silver or Gold nanoparticles …

The melt quenching technique was used to prepare Er 3+ ion doped phosphate glasses
containing silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs). The amorphous nature of the glass is confirmed by …

Abstract Glasses with composition 70TeO 2–20ZnO–10Na 2 O–0.5 Er 2 O 3–(x) Au are
synthesized by melt-quenching technique. Their spectroscopic and optical characterizations …

We report significant enhancements in Er^ 3+ luminescence as well as in Raman intensity in
silver nanoparticles embedded zinc-tellurite glass. Surface enhanced Raman scattering …