supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60607015);the Shanghai Key Basic Research Program(No.09JC1414900);the Optics Science and Technology Foundation of Shanghai City(No.09DZ1142002)
We report the luminescence properties and decay profiles of Ce:YAlO3, Mn:YAlO3, and Ce,Mn:YAlO3 crystals grown by Czochralski method. The spectroscopic properties show that both Mn2+ ions and Mn4+ ions exist in M...