• Advanced Photonics
  • Vol. 6, Issue 5, 056010 (2024)
Hui Wu1,†, Binxiong Pan1, Qi Zhao1, Chenyi Wang1..., Rui Pu1, Chang Liu1, Zeheng Chen1, Zewei Luo2, Jing Huang1, Wei Wei2, Tongsheng Chen2 and Qiuqiang Zhan1,3,*|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1South China Normal University, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangzhou, China
  • 2South China Normal University, College of Biophotonics, MOE Key Laboratory & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, Guangzhou, China
  • 3South China Normal University, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, Guangzhou, China
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    DOI: 10.1117/1.AP.6.5.056010 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hui Wu, Binxiong Pan, Qi Zhao, Chenyi Wang, Rui Pu, Chang Liu, Zeheng Chen, Zewei Luo, Jing Huang, Wei Wei, Tongsheng Chen, Qiuqiang Zhan, "Versatile cascade migrating photon avalanches for full-spectrum extremely nonlinear emissions and super-resolution microscopy," Adv. Photon. 6, 056010 (2024) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Photon avalanche occurring in lanthanide-doped materials exhibits a giant optical nonlinear response of the emission intensity to the excitation intensity, which holds great potential in the applications of optical sensing, super-resolution imaging, quantum detection, and other techniques. However, strategies for developing photon avalanches in nanoparticles are limited, and many widely used lanthanide ions have not yet been able to generate high-efficiency avalanching emissions. A general strategy named cascade migrating photon avalanche was proposed to achieve efficient avalanching emissions with huge optical nonlinearities from a large number of emitters at the nanoscale and at room temperature. Specifically, the optical nonlinearity order of bright avalanched Tm3 + -emission was achieved at 63rd order by utilizing the Yb3 + / Pr3 + -codoped nano-engine. By further incorporating a Gd3 + sublattice migrating network, its avalanching energy can propagate over a long distance to arouse avalanching emission with extreme optical nonlinearities up to 45th order among various emitters (Tb3 + , Eu3 + , Dy3 + , Sm3 + ) in multilayered nanostructures. By achieving abundant avalanching full-spectrum emissions, it would be highly conducive to applications in various fields. For instance, our strategy demonstrated its applicability in multi-color super-resolution microscopic imaging with single-nanoparticle sensitivity and resolution up to 48 nm, utilizing a single low-power 852 nm excitation beam.
    Pr3+(H43):  dn0dt=I852υσ0n0w1nYb1n0+w1nYb0n5+β1n1+n6τ6+b70n7τ7+b80n8τ8c1n0n7c5n0n7c4n0n7c3n0n5c6n0n8c2n0n6c7n0n6,

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    Pr3+(H53):  dn1dt=β1n1+β2n2+n5τ5+b71n7τ7+b81n8τ8,

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    Pr3+(3H6):  dn2dt=β2n2+β3n3+b82n8τ8+c5n0n7+c4n0n7+c3n0n5,

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    Pr3+(3F2):  dn3dt=β3n3+β4n4+b73n7τ7+c3n0n5,

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    Pr3+(3F4):  dn4dt=β4n4+β5n5+w2nYb0n6w2nYb1n4+c2n0n6+c7n0n6,

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    Pr3+(G41):  dn5dt=I852υσ5n5+I852υσ0n0β5n5+w1nYb1n0w1nYb0n5+w3nYb0n7w3nYb1n52c1n0n7c3n0n5+c2n0n6+c7n0n6n5τ5,

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    Pr3+(D12):  dn6dt=w2nYb0n6+w2nYb1n4n6τ6+β7n7+c5n0n7+c4n0n7+c6n0n8c2n0n6c7n0n6,

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    Pr3+(P30):  dn7dt=w3nYb0n7+w3nYb1n5n7τ7β7n7+β8n8c1n0n7c5n0n7c4n0n7,

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    Pr3+(P31):  dn8dt=β8n8+I852υσ5n5n8τ8c6n0n8,

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    Yb13+(F27/2):  dnYb1dt=I852υσ0n0+nYb1τYb+w1nYb1n0w1nYb0n5w2nYb0n6+w2nYb1n4w3nYb0n7+w3nYb1n5w4nYb1nYb11,

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    Yb13+(F25/2):  dnYb0dt=I852υσ0n0nYb1τYbw1nYb1n0+w1nYb0n5+w2nYb0n6w2nYb1n4+w3nYb0n7w3nYb1n5+w4nYb1nYb11,

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    Yb23+(F27/2):  dnYb11dt=I852υσ0n0+nYb11τYbw5nYb11n9w6nYb11n10w7nYb11n12w8nYb11n14w9nYb11n15+w4nYb1nYb11,

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    Yb23+(F25/2):  dnYb10dt=I852υσ0n0n0nYb11τYb+w5nYb11n9+w6nYb11n10+w7nYb11n12+w8nYb11n14+w9nYb11n15w4nYb1nYb11,

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    Tm3+(H36):  dn9dt=w5nYb11n9+w10n16n17+b912n12τ12+b914n14τ14+b915n15τ15+n10τ10+n13τ13c12n9n15c8n9n12,

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    Tm3+(F34):  dn10dt=w6nYb11n10n10τ10+b1012n12τ12+b1014n14τ14+b1015n15τ15+b1016n16τ16+β11n11+2c8n9n12+c9n12n14+c10n12n14,

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    Tm3+(H35):dn11dt=w5nYb11n9+b1114n14τ14+b1116n16τ16β11n11+β12n12,

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    Tm3+(H43):  dn12dt=w7nYb11n12+b1214n14τ14+b1215n15τ15n12τ12β12n12+β13n13+c12n9n15c8n9n12c9n12n14c10n12n14,

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    Tm3+(F33/F32):  dn13dt=w6nYb11n10+b1315n15τ15n13τ13β13n13+β14n14+c12n9n15,

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    Tm3+(G14):  dn14dt=w7nYb11n12w8nYb11n14n14τ14β14n14+β15n15c9n12n14c10n12n14,

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    Tm3+(D12):  dn15dt=w8nYb11n14w9nYb11n15n15τ15β15n15+β16n16+c9n12n14+c10n12n14c12n9n15,

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    Tm3+(I16):  dn16dt=w9nYb11n15w10n16n17n16τ16β16n16,

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    Gd13+(S87/2):  dn17dt=w10n16n17+w11n18n19+n18τ18,

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    Gd13+(P7/26):  dn18dt=w11n18n19+w10n16n17n18τ18,

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    Gd23+(S87/2):  dn19dt=w11n18n19+w12n20n21+n20τ20,

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    Gd23+(P67/2):  dn20dt=w12n20n21+w11n18n19n20τ20,

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    X3+(ground):  dn21dt=w12n20n21+n22τ22,

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    X3+(excited):  dn22dt=w12n20n21n22τ22.

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    Hui Wu, Binxiong Pan, Qi Zhao, Chenyi Wang, Rui Pu, Chang Liu, Zeheng Chen, Zewei Luo, Jing Huang, Wei Wei, Tongsheng Chen, Qiuqiang Zhan, "Versatile cascade migrating photon avalanches for full-spectrum extremely nonlinear emissions and super-resolution microscopy," Adv. Photon. 6, 056010 (2024)
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