nanocrystals were synthesized through a hydrothermal method. The upconversion(UC) emission properties under a 980 nm continuous wave semiconductor laser diode excitation were studied. The experimental results suggested that the violet and ultraviolet(UV) UC emission enhancement were observed in Y
0.595
F
3
∶Gd
0.200
3+
Yb
0.200
3+
Tm
0.005
3+
nanocrystal
as well as the UC emissions of Gd
3+
of
6
D
9/2
6
I
J
6
P
5/2
and
6
P
7/2
states to the ground state
8
S
7/2
were shown
too. The luminescent kinetic analysis implied that
under 980 nm excitation
Yb
3+
can transfer energy to populate the
3
P
2
level of Tm
3+
make UV
violet
and blue UC emissions obtained
further
the
6
I
J
multiplets of Gd
3+
were populated through the energy transfer process
3
P
2
3
H
6
(Tm
3+
):
8
S
7/2
6
I
J
(Gd
3+
). At the same time
the energy transfer processes occurred between Gd
3+
and Yb
3+
or Tm
3+
based on the energy matching conditions
leading to the above mentioned UV UC emissions of Gd
3+
.
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