The violet and green fluorescence spectra and the kinetics of fluorescence decay in Er^3＋ ：YAG crystal under 408.6 nm excitation were investigated by the time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence technique. The influence of multiphonon and energy transfer on the fluorescence decay of the ^4S3/2 rnultiplet were theoretically analyzed. A good agreement of the measured and the simulated decay curves was achieved. The continuous profile variety of the decay curves in the region from 548 to 561.2 nrn is found and it originates from the fluorescence overlap of ^2G9/2 and ^4S3/2 and the intensity ratio dominates the profile.
The two-photon absorption（TPA）and TPA-induced frequency upconversion emission properties of the dyes 4-[P-（dicyanoethylamino）crystal]-N-methypyrdinium iodide and the complex of 4-[P-（dicyanoethylamino）crystal]-N-methypyrdinium iodide and Ce（NO3）3 were experimentally studied.It was found that the TPA cross section for the dye sensitized by Ce3＋ is two factors larger than that of the dye without being sensitized.A three-level system model of the dye molecules was used to analyze the enhancement of TPA by the sensitizer Ce3＋,which indicated that the sensitizer results in the increase of the transition dipole moment from the one-photon allowed excited state（1Bu）to the two-photon allowed excited state（2Ag）.
LI Jian-fuSUN Cheng-linZHOU Hai-lingXU Li-huaYANG Qing-xinJIANG Zhan-kui
This paper reports that the ultraviolet and visible upconversion luminescence from the ^4S3/2, ^2G9/2 and ^2P3/2 levels have been observed in Er^3＋：YAG following 647.2 nm excitation of the ^4F9/2 multiple. Upconversion luminescence intensity dependence on pump power was recorded. The measured decay profiles were theoretically fitted by kinetics theory and the basically good agreements were achieved. The results indicate that some energy transfer processes proposed to explain the observed upconversion phenomena are reasonable.
The luminescence of Er^3＋：YAlO3 in ultraviolet visible and infrared ranges under the 518 nm excitation of the multiples ^2H11/2 have been investigated. Ultraviolet （275 nm and 318 nm）, violet （405 nm and 413 nm） and blue （474 nm） upconversion and infrared downconversion luminescence has been observed. By means of measuring the fluorescence decay curves and using the theory of rate equations, the luminescence kinetics was studied in detail and the processes of energy transfer upconversion （ETU） and excitation state absorption （ESA） were proposed to explain the upconversion phenomena.
