Energy Migration Control of Multimodal Emissions in an Er³⁺‐Doped Nanostructure for Information Encryption and Deep‐Learning Decoding

Abstract

Abstract Modulating the emission wavelengths of materials has always been a primary focus of fluorescence technology. Nanocrystals (NCs) doped with lanthanide ions with rich energy levels can produce a variety of emissions at different excitation wavelengths. However, the control of multimodal emissions of these ions has remained a challenge. Herein, we present a new composition of Er 3+ ‐based lanthanide NCs with color‐switchable output under irradiation with 980, 808, or 1535 nm light for information security. The variation of excitation wavelengths changes the intensity ratio of visible (Vis)/near‐infrared (NIR‐II) emissions. Taking advantage of the Vis/NIR‐II multimodal emissions of NCs and deep learning, we successfully demonstrated the storage and decoding of visible light information in pork tissue.