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  • 2013 - OSA Fellows For a long, distinguished record of accomplishments in the optical spectroscopy of rare earth and transition metal ions-doped materials relevant to solid-state lasers and phosphors for lighting.

Overview

Georges Boulon is affiliated with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research primarily focuses on materials chemistry, ceramics and composites, as well as electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's work addresses several specialized topics, including:

  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
  • Glass properties and applications
  • Solid State Laser Technologies
  • Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
  • Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
  • Microwave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis
  • Optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials

Boulon has published numerous papers in well-known scientific journals, with frequent publications in venues such as:

  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
  • Journal of Luminescence
  • Ceramics International
  • Optical Materials X

Selected recent papers include:

  • The effect of temperature on green and red upconversion emissions of LiYF4:20Yb3+, 1Ho3+ and its application for temperature sensing (2021, Journal of Alloys and Compounds)
  • Compositional dependence of Stark splitting and spectroscopic properties in Yb3+-doped lead silicate glasses (2020, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids)
  • Enhanced red up-conversion of β-NaYF4:Er3+,Tm3+ microcrystals for bio-imaging applications (2022, Journal of Alloys and Compounds)
  • Pretreatment by recyclable Fe3O4@Mg/Al-CO3-LDH magnetic nano-adsorbent to dephosphorize for the determination of trace F and Cl in phosphorus-rich solutions (2020, RSC Advances)
  • Combining XRD and SEM techniques with site selective spectroscopy for structural and spectroscopic studies of Nd3+-doped LuPO4 micro-powders (2020, Ceramics International)

The scientist collaborates with a range of frequent co-authors, including M. Guzik, Lili Hu, Y. Guyot, Chongyun Shao, and K.A. Prokop.

Georges Boulon was recognized with the OSA Fellows award in 2013 for their record of accomplishments in optical spectroscopy related to rare earth and transition metal ions doped materials, focusing on applications in solid-state lasers and phosphors for lighting.

Best Publications

  • Radiation trapping and self-quenching analysis in Yb3+, Er3+, and Ho3+ doped Y2O3

    F. Auzel;F. Auzel;G. Baldacchini;L. Laversenne;G. Boulon

  • Optimization of spectroscopic properties of Yb3+-doped refractory sesquioxides: cubic and monoclinic Gd2O3 ☆

    L Laversenne;Y Guyot;C Goutaudier;M.Th Cohen-Adad

  • Why so deep research on Yb3+-doped optical inorganic materials?

    Georges Boulon;Georges Boulon

  • Challenge and study for developing of novel single crystalline optical materials using micro-pulling-down method

    Akira Yoshikawa;Martin Nikl;Georges Boulon;Tsuguo Fukuda

  • Fifty years of advances in solid-state laser materials

    Georges Boulon

  • Diode-pumped Yb:GGG laser: comparison with Yb:YAG

    S. Chénais;F. Druon;F. Balembois;P. Georges

  • Overview of the best Yb3+-doped laser crystals

    A Brenier;G Boulon

  • Lattice location of rare‐earth ions in LiNbO3

    A. Lorenzo;H. Jaffrezic;B. Roux;G. Boulon

  • Crystal growth, Yb3+ spectroscopy, concentration quenching analysis and potentiality of laser emission in Ca1−XYbXF2+X

    Masahiko Ito;Christelle Goutaudier;Yannick Guyot;Kheirreddine Lebbou

  • Spectroscopy of a new laser garnet Lu3Sc2Ga3O12:Nd3+. Intensity luminescence characteristics, stimulated emission, and full set of squared reduced‐matrix elements |〈‖U(t)‖〉|2 for Nd3+ ions

    A. A. Kaminskii;G. Boulon;M. Buoncristiani;B. Di Bartolo

  • New laser properties and spectroscopy of orthorhombic crystals YAlO3:Er3+. Intensity luminescence characteristics, stimulated emission, and full set of squared reduced‐matrix elements |〈α[SL] J| |U(t)||α′[S′ L′] J′〉|2 for Er3+ Ions

    A. A. Kaminskii;V. S. Mironov;A. Kornienko;S. N. Bagaev

  • Optical study of Yb3+/Yb2+ conversion in CaF2 crystals

    Sławomir M Kaczmarek;Taiju Tsuboi;Masahiko Ito;Georges Boulon

  • Growth, spectroscopic, and laser properties of Yb 3+ -doped Lu 3 Al 5 O 12 garnet crystal

    A. Brenier;Y. Guyot;H. Canibano;G. Boulon

  • The size-effect on luminescence properties of BaTiO3:Eu3+ nanocrystallites prepared by the sol-gel method

    D. Hreniak;W. Strek;J. Amami;Y. Guyot

  • Structural and Spectroscopic Characterization of Nominal Yb3+:Ca8La2(PO4)6O2 Oxyapatite Single Crystal Fibers Grown by the Micro‐Pulling‐Down Method

    Georges Boulon;Annabel Collombet;Alain Brenier;Marie Thérèse Cohen-Adad

  • Étude de la cinétique des centres luminogènes Bi3+ dans les cristaux

    G. Boulon;C. Pedrini;M. Guidoni;Ch. Pannel

  • Radiative and non-radiative energy transfers in Yb3+-doped sesquioxide and garnet laser crystals from a combinatorial approach based on gradient concentration fibers

    G. Boulon;L. Laversenne;C. Goutaudier;Y. Guyot

  • Growth and spectroscopic analysis of Yb3+-doped Y3Al5O12 fiber single crystals

    A. Yoshikawa;G. Boulon;L. Laversenne;H. Canibano

  • Eu3+ luminescence in high-symmetry sites of natural apatite

    M. Gaft;R. Reisfeld;G. Panczer;S. Shoval

  • Structural investigations of Lu2O3 as single crystal and polycrystalline transparent ceramic

    Malgorzata Guzik;Jan Pejchal;Akira Yoshikawa;Akihiko Ito

  • Relationships between structural and luminescence properties in Eu3+-doped new calcium borohydroxyapatite

    R Ternane;G Panczer;M.Th Cohen-Adad;C Goutaudier

Frequent Co-Authors

Yannick Guyot
Yannick Guyot Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Akira Yoshikawa
Akira Yoshikawa Tohoku University
Tsuguo Fukuda
Tsuguo Fukuda Tohoku University
Renata Reisfeld
Renata Reisfeld Hebrew University of Jerusalem
J. García Solé
J. García Solé Autonomous University of Madrid
Wieslaw Strek
Wieslaw Strek Polish Academy of Sciences
Lili Hu
Lili Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Richard Moncorgé
Richard Moncorgé Université de Caen Normandie
Daniel Jaque
Daniel Jaque Autonomous University of Madrid
A. A. Kaminskii
A. A. Kaminskii Russian Academy of Sciences

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