Date of download: 6/26/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. X-ray diffractometer pattern of the Tb3+-doped glass containing silver nanoparticles (PTA15). Figure Legend: From: Enhanced green emission of terbium-ions-doped phosphate glass embedding metallic nanoparticles J. Nanophoton. 2015;9(1): doi: /1.JNP
Date of download: 6/26/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) image, high-resolution TEM image, and selected area electron diffraction pattern of the silver nanoparticles in PTA15 glass sample. A few nanoparticles are shown with arrows. The lattice constant of one nanoparticle matches the latter value corresponding to bulk silver in the 200 direction. Figure Legend: From: Enhanced green emission of terbium-ions-doped phosphate glass embedding metallic nanoparticles J. Nanophoton. 2015;9(1): doi: /1.JNP
Date of download: 6/26/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. UV-Vis absorption spectrum of Tb3+-doped sample (PTA15). Inset shows the absorption spectrum of PA10 glass sample. No surface plasmon band corresponding to nanoparticles is observed. Figure Legend: From: Enhanced green emission of terbium-ions-doped phosphate glass embedding metallic nanoparticles J. Nanophoton. 2015;9(1): doi: /1.JNP
Date of download: 6/26/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. (a) Excitation spectra of samples PT and PAT15 detecting the signal of emission at 541 nm and (b) emission spectra of the Tb3+- doped glass samples before and after heat treatments under 376 nm excitation wavelength. Figure Legend: From: Enhanced green emission of terbium-ions-doped phosphate glass embedding metallic nanoparticles J. Nanophoton. 2015;9(1): doi: /1.JNP
Date of download: 6/26/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Schematic partial energy level diagram of Tb3+ ions. Excitation, possible emission channels, nonradiative, and cross-relaxation mechanism are shown. Figure Legend: From: Enhanced green emission of terbium-ions-doped phosphate glass embedding metallic nanoparticles J. Nanophoton. 2015;9(1): doi: /1.JNP
Date of download: 6/26/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Excited state intensity decay profile of D45→F75 transition of Tb3+-doped glasses without silver nanoparticles and with nanoparticles after heat-treated for various 5, 10, and 15 h. Figure Legend: From: Enhanced green emission of terbium-ions-doped phosphate glass embedding metallic nanoparticles J. Nanophoton. 2015;9(1): doi: /1.JNP