Abstract
We report the sudden appearance of upconversion fluorescence and resonant increasing absorption above a threshold intensity in Tm YALO3 at room temperature. These effects are shown to arise from nonlinear, cooperative, excited-state dynamics. Comparison with quantum theory reveals essential roles both for pairwise cross relaxation and excitation migration among Tm impurity ions.
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