Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.343, No.3-4, 309-314, 2001
4f5d-4f(2) emission transitions of Pr3+
The first well-resolved, high-resolution d-f emission spectra are reported for a lanthanide ion. Numerous transitions are observed and assigned for Pr3+ at a crystal site of octahedral symmetry. The symmetry representation of the lowest f(1)d(1) state is deduced and the eigenvectors from the 4f(1)5d(1) energy level fit are utilized to model the experimentally observed intensities.