Abstract
The hyperfine interaction in the lowest levels of the H43 and D21 states of praseodymium in yttrium aluminum perovskite has been measured. The ground-state (H43) measurements were made using a rf optical technique. The excited-state (D21) measurements were made using an enhanced and saturated absorption method. The energy-level separations, spin-Hamiltonian parameters, ground-state magnetic splitting factor and orientation, and the ground-state linewidths are reported. The crystal-field splittings of the H43 and D21 manifolds were measured.