The possibility of using ytterbium ions as sensitizers of luminescence of t
etravalent chromium in yttrium-aluminum garnet single crystals is studied.
It is found that average values of the microparameters of electronic energy
transfer between ytterbium and chromium ions are C-DA = 7.05 x 10(-36) cm(
6)/s and C-DD = 4.55 x 10(-43) cm(6)/s. (C) 2000 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodica
".