Near-infrared emission material,
C
e
3
+
,
E
r
3
+
co-doped
C
a
1.5
Y
1.5
A
l
3.5
S
i
1.5
O
12
has been synthesized via a high-temperature solid-state reaction method. The luminescence intensity of 1532 nm emission excited with 455 nm increases 4.2 times after the introduction of
C
e
3
+
ions because of
C
e
3
+
→
E
r
3
+
radiation-reabsorption energy transfer and nonradiative energy transfer sensitization as well as the
4
I
11
/
2
(
E
r
3
+
)
+
2
F
5
/
2
(
C
e
3
+
)
→
4
I
13
/
2
(
E
r
3
+
)
+
C
e
3
+
(
2
F
7
/
2
)
cross relaxation between
C
e
3
+
and
E
r
3
+
ions. The result shows that the developed material is convenient to obtain high-efficiency, near-infrared emission using a commercial blue GaN LED as a pumping source.