Absorption and emission involving exchange-coupled nearest-neighbor
Cr3+ and
Eu3+ ions have been observed in
Cr3+-doped EuAl
O3 at the sum of the chromium
2Eg and europium
7F1 energies. Weak absorption at the difference energy has also been observed. The latter is the inverse of the previously studied europium terminated chromium emission. The intensities of the
Eu3+ sideband transitions vary with the strength of the exchange-induced electric dipole moment.