“…Whereas, the optical and laser properties of Nd 3+ , Pr 3+ , Er 3+ , Eu 3+ , Dy 3+ , Tm 3+ doped SrLaGa 3 O 7 [2,[5][6][7][8] and Nd 3+ , Eu 3+ , Yb 3+ doped SrLaGaO 4 [3,4] have been reported, the spectroscopic data on Ho 3+ doped SLG and SLO crystals have not been, to our knowledge, presented. Holmium ion has been chosen as a dopant because it shows laser action at different wavelengths, from 550 nm to 3.9 m, in a variety of hosts [9] and offers various upconversion mechanisms [10][11][12][13] which may be enhanced in SLG and SLO system because of their structural properties.…”