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First-principles calculations of crystal field effects and absorption spectra for 3d ions in laser crystals

  • University of Tartu

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Abstract

Systematic studies of the energy level schemes absorption spectra for a large number of crystals doped with various 3d ions are discussed in details. Microscopic crystal field effects are analyzed by calculating the impurities energy levels at varying impurity ion - ligand distance, which allowed for finding the power dependence of the crystal field strength 10Dq on distance with subsequent estimations of the Stokes shift and local compressibility around impurity. All calculated results are compared with available experimental data.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOptical Properties of 3d-Ions in Crystals
Subtitle of host publicationSpectroscopy and Crystal Field Analysis
PublisherSpringer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Pages203-250
Number of pages48
Volume9783642308383
ISBN (Electronic)9783642308383
ISBN (Print)3642308376, 9783642308376
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • atomic orbitals
  • charge transfer transitions
  • configuration interaction
  • crystal field
  • density functional theory
  • dirac equation
  • discrete variational multielectron (dvme) method
  • electron-vibrational interaction
  • First principles (ab initio) calculations
  • impurity ions
  • molecular orbitals
  • optical absorption spectra
  • slater determinants
  • xanes spectra

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