Abstract:The goal of this work was to investigate the spectroscopic properties of Pr 3+ ions, embedded in two different tellurite glass matrices, TeO 2 -WO 3 -PbO-La 2 O 3 and TeO 2 -WO 3 -PbO-Lu 2 O 3 . The absorption and fluorescence spectra have been recorded and analyzed in terms of the Judd-Ofelt theory along with the luminescence decay of the 3 P 0 and 1 D 2 levels of the Pr 3+ ion. The spectroscopic studies were completed with ellipsometric measurements providing the dispersion relation of the refractive index of the investigated glasses.