“…For the emission at 599 nm, the excitation spectra shows bands at 363 nm, 377 nm, 405 nm, 418 nm, 437 nm, 464 nm, 479 nm, 489 nm and 528 nm corresponding to the transitions from 6 H 5/2 to 3 F 9/2 , 4 D 5/2 , 4 F 7/2 , 6 P 5/2 , 4 G 9/2 + 4 I 15/2 , 4 F 5/2 + 4 I 13/2 , 4 I 11/2 + 4 M 15/2 , 4 G 7/2 and 4 F 3/2 respectively [17,33]. The highest excitation peak is at 405 nm corresponding to 6 H 5/2 → 4 F 7/2 transition.…”