White Lighting Upconversion in Tm3+/Ho3+/Yb3+ Co-Doped CaWO4

Abstract

Controllable white upconversion (UC) luminescence was obtained from Tm3+/Ho3+/Yb3+-codoped CaWO4. Under the excitation of a 980 nm single wavelength laser diode, the Tm3+/Ho3+/Yb3+-codoped CaWO4 exhibited bright white UC luminescence composed of blue emission from Tm3+ and green and red emissions from Ho3+ visible to the naked eye. The intensity ratios of green, red, and blue UC emissions varied with Tm3+/Ho3+ concentrations, which can control white UC emission ranging from the cool to the warm region. Various white UC colors can be easily changed by adjusting the Tm3+/Ho3+ concentrations in the CaWO4 matrix.