Experimental evidence for nonradiative resonant energy transfer between Eu3+ and other trivalent rare-earth ions in Y2O3 is presented and possible interaction mechanisms are examined. It is concluded that coupling via overlap of near zone quadrupolar fields is important. Measurements on the transient behavior of the Eu3+ fluorescence are also discussed.
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