“…However, unreasonable prolongation of holding time will (4) hinder densification process, which may be due to the occurrence of secondary recrystallization. 46 Figure 11 presents the visible and infrared absorption spectra of Pr 3+ in the Pr:BaF 2 ceramic. There are some absorption peaks were detected between the range of the wavelength of 400-2500 nm, the wavelength of detailed peaks, located in 444, 467, 480, 590, 1005, 1448, 1533, and 1965 nm, respectively, corresponding to the transition of ground state energy level of praseodymium ions to the different higher energy level: 3 peak with an absorption coefficient of 5.65 cm −1 located in 444 nm, which can be used as the excitation wavelength of characterization in emission spectra of Pr:BaF 2 .…”