Abstract: The present invention provides a secured document including a composition capable of anti-Stokes fluorescence containing an ion capable of absorption of electromagnetic radiation, an ion capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation, and a matrix composition comprising gadolinium, yttrium, lanthanum, and lutetium, wherein the wavelength of the emitted electromagnetic radiation is shorter than the wavelength of the absorbed electromagnetic radiation, and wherein the concentrations of the absorbing and emitting ions are adjusted to achieve concentration quenching of anti-Stokes luminescence.
Abstract: The present invention provides a secured document including a composition capable of anti-Stokes fluorescence containing an ion capable of absorption of electromagnetic radiation, an ion capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation, and a matrix composition comprising gadolinium, yttrium, lanthanum, and lutetium, wherein the wavelength of the emitted electromagnetic radiation is shorter than the wavelength of the absorbed electromagnetic radiation, and wherein the concentrations of the absorbing and emitting ions are adjusted to achieve concentration quenching of anti-Stokes luminescence.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 18, 2002
Publication date:
September 19, 2002
Applicant:
Bundesdruckerei GmbH and Fa. Leuchtstoffwerk Breitungen GmbH
Inventors:
Manfred Paeschke, Benedikt Ahlers, Anett Bailleu, Oliver Muth, Arnim Franz-Burgholtz, Wolfgang Schmidt, Detlef Starick, Wolfgang Kempfert