Progress in Optical Science and Photonics

This book highlights various applications of upconversion phosphors mainly for solar cells and in biomedical sciences. The tuning of chemical and physical properties in upconversion phosphors has a strong influence on a number of assorted applications including solid-state lasers, photovoltaic, and bioimaging. This book presents a fundamental understanding of upconversion luminescence, and the theoretical elucidation of spectroscopic properties and luminescence dynamics of photon upconversion in rare-earth-activated phosphors.