Persistent Spectral Hole Burning of Eu^3＋ Doped Y2SiO5 Crystal at 579.62 nm

By using an Ar^＋ ion laser, a tunable Rh6G dye laser（linewidth： 0.5 cm^-1） pumped by the second harmonic of a YAG：Nd laser and an 899-21 dye laser as light sources and using a monochromator, a phase-locking amplifier and a computer as the data detecting system, the spectra and spectral hole burning of Eu^3＋：Y2SiO5 crystal were researched in this paper.Photoluminescence excitation spectrum and site selective fluorescence spectrum were detected at room temperature and 77 K. Hole burning experiments were reached at 16 K. A spectral hole with hole width of about 80 MHz were detected and it could be kept for 10 h.