Optical-magnetic bifunctional microcrystals are successfully synthesized.
Upconversion luminescence with tunable intensity ratio of red to green emission.
Upconversion luminescence with unique red shift.
Room-temperature ferromagnetic NaLuF4:Yb3+/Er3+ to paramagnetic NaLuF4:Yb3+/Er3+/Gd3+.
Anti-ferromagnetic coupling in the sub-lattices.