Abstract
Y2O3 codoped with Bi3+ and Yb3+ is considered as an efficient downconversion material combining strong broadband absorption of Bi3+ with photon splitting by cooperative energy transfer from Bi3+ to two Yb3+ neighbors. However, evidence for photon splitting is lacking. Here we investigate the Bi3+-to-Yb3+ energy-transfer mechanism. For cooperative energy transfer
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