Abstract
A Ho3+-doped CeF3 crystal was successfully grown for the first time using the Bridgman method, and its spectral properties were studied. By analyzing the absorption and emission measurements of the Ho:CeF3 crystal with the Judd–Ofelt theory, the intensity parameters Ω2,4,6, emission cross-sections, gain cross-sections, and excited state lifetimes were calculated. It was found that the peak absorption cross-section around 447 nm is 0.4339 × 10−20 cm2, which matched to the commercially available blue laser diode lasers. The 2.0 μm excitation emission of the Ho:CeF3 crystal corresponding to the stimulated emission Ho3+:5I7→5I8 transition has an emission cross section of 0.24 × 10−20 cm2 with FWHM of 146 nm.
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