PMID- 27779210
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180417
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 2045-2322 (Electronic)
IS  - 2045-2322 (Linking)
VI  - 6
DP  - 2016 Oct 25
TI  - Dispersing upconversion nanocrystals in a single silicon microtube.
PG  - 35941
LID - 10.1038/srep35941 [doi]
LID - 35941
AB  - Nanocrystals of Ln(3+) (Ln = Yb, Tm and Ho) doped beta-NaLuF(4) with average 
      diameter about 200 nm are dispersed in silica-based microtube (MT) by a simple 
      flame heating method. The fabricated microtube has a diameter range from 2 mum to 
      30 mum and lengths up to hundreds microns. The fluorescence of upconversion 
      nanocrystals (UCNCs) can propagate along a single MT and couple into another MT 
      through evanescent field. The guiding performance of the single UCNCs doped MT is 
      measured to prove that it can be used as an active waveguide. Moreover, optical 
      temperature sensing based on the single UCNCs-MT is also demonstrated, and the 
      sensitivity of UCNCs-MT is significantly enough for thermometry applications in 
      the range of 298-383 K.
FAU - Li, Hanyang
AU  - Li H
AD  - Key Lab of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry Education of China, Harbin 
      Engineering University, Harbin 150080, China.
FAU - Wang, Yan
AU  - Wang Y
AD  - Key Lab of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry Education of China, Harbin 
      Engineering University, Harbin 150080, China.
FAU - Li, Hui
AU  - Li H
AD  - National Key Laboratory of Tunable Laser Technology, Institute of 
      Opto-Electronics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China.
FAU - Zhang, Yundong
AU  - Zhang Y
AD  - National Key Laboratory of Tunable Laser Technology, Institute of 
      Opto-Electronics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China.
FAU - Yang, Jun
AU  - Yang J
AD  - Key Lab of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry Education of China, Harbin 
      Engineering University, Harbin 150080, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20161025
PL  - England
TA  - Sci Rep
JT  - Scientific reports
JID - 101563288
PMC - PMC5078789
EDAT- 2016/10/26 06:00
MHDA- 2016/10/26 06:01
PMCR- 2016/10/25
CRDT- 2016/10/26 06:00
PHST- 2016/06/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/10/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/10/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/10/26 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2016/10/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/10/25 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - srep35941 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/srep35941 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sci Rep. 2016 Oct 25;6:35941. doi: 10.1038/srep35941.