Upconversion processes have found widespread applications in drug delivery, bio-imaging and solar-cells. In this
paper we present a theoretical model that analyzes the impact of a plasmonic shield structure on the quantum yield
of upconversion nanoparticles. We use this model to assess the efficiency of NaYF4: Tm3+ Yb3+/NaYF4 core-shell
nanoparticles when embedded in a polymer matrix and covered by a metallic can-like structure. We find that as a
result of this specific plasmonic structure, the upconversion luminescence from NIR to UV can be increased by a
factor of 30.
An innovative type of optical component—a volume Bragg grating—has recently become available commercially and has found wide applications in optics and photonics due to its unusually fine spectral and angular filtering capability. Reflecting volume Bragg gratings, with the grating period gradually changing along the beam propagation direction (chirped Bragg gratings—CBGs) provide stretching and recompression of ultrashort laser pulses. CBGs, being monolithic, are robust devices that have a footprint three orders of magnitude smaller than that of a conventional Treacy compressor. CBGs recorded in photo-thermo-refractive glass can be used in the spectral range from 0.8 to 2.5 μm with the diffraction efficiency exceeding 90%, and provide stretching up to 1 ns and compression down to 200 fs for pulses with energies and average powers exceeding 1 mJ and 250 W, respectively, while keeping the recompressed beam quality M 2 <1.4 , and possibly as low as 1.1. This paper discusses fundamentals of stretching and compression by CBGs, the main parameters of the gratings including the CBG effects on the laser beam quality, and currently achievable CBG specifications.
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