First Observation of Visible Luminescence from Trivalent Gadolinium |
| R.T. Wegh and A. Meijerinkx Debye Institute, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80 000, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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| The 6GJ → 6PJ emission for Gd3+ in LiYF4 around 600 nm is reported. As far as we are aware, this is the first observation of visible luminescence from trivalent gadolinium. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.90.333 PACS numbers: 78.20.Wc, 42.62.Fi |