CAJ | 학술논문

The strong yellow upconversion (UC) light emission was observed in Ho3+/Yb3+co-doped Gd2Mo3O9 phosphor under the excitation of 980 nm diode laser. The phosphors were synthesized by the traditional solid-state reaction method. The structures of the samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD). Under 980 nm excitation, Ho3+/Yb3+co-doped Gd2Mo3O9 exhibited strong yellow UC emission based on the green emission near 541 nm generated by 5F4,5S2→5I8 transition and the strong red emission around 660 nm generated by 5F5→5I8 transition, which assigned to the intra-4f transitions of Ho3+ions. The doping concentrations of Ho3+and Yb3+were determined to be 0.01 mol Ho3+and 0.2 mol Yb3+for the strongest yellow emission. Then the dependence of UC emis-sion intensity on excitation power density showed that the green and red UC emissions were involved in two-photon process. The possible UC mechanisms for the strong yellow emission were also investigated. The result indicated that this material was a promis-ing candidate for the application in the yellow display field.