Abstract

The theoretical understanding of resonant energy transfer between a pair of spatially localized lanthanide ions has been developed by Kushida [1]. His model was based on a simple application of Förster-Dexter theory [2,3] in which the transition rate of dipole-dipole energy transfer from the initial state | D_α A_β > to the final state |D_α A_β′> is proportional to the square of of modulus of where R is the separation between the donor - D and the acceptor - A ions.

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