Titanium doped sapphire (Ti:Al2O3) crystal fibers have been grown by the micro-pulling-down (mu-PD) method using different pulling rate in the range (0.1-0.5 mm/min). The present work has investigated the crystal growth, including diameter, bubbles defects and segregation properties. The fiber's absorption and IR emission experiments are analyzed. The lifetime of Ti3+ in the IR range obtained at room temperature is 3.1 mu s. Moreover, the two blue emissions at 420 nm and 470 nm bands have been discussed. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.