Abstract
Single crystals of SrLaAlO4: Pr3+ and SrLaAlO4: Nd3+ have been grown by the Czochralski method and their optical properties have been studied for different activator concentrations. The absorption and emission spectra of the activators are inhomogeneously broadened because the Sr2+ and La3+ ions are distributed randomly on the sites ofC4υ symmetry, however, the symmetry selection rules are still obeyed. Strong self-quenching of the praseodymium luminescence occurs by cross relaxation which is supposed to be assisted by phonon emission in the case of the3P0 level. Self-quenching of Nd3+ luminescence disappears at low temperature indicating that the condition of resonance in the cross-relaxation process is fulfilled only for higher components of the ground state.
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