Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1517461 | Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We have investigated the electronic structures of the LiYF4 containing interstitial fluorine atoms and F center (a fluorine ion vacancy trapping an electron) using first-principles density functional theory. It is found that the interstitial fluorine atoms in two different interstitial positions would combine with its nearest neighbor two or three formal lattice fluorine ions forming fluorine molecular ions F32â or F43â by different ways, which would cause the 260Â nm absorption band. Simultaneously, our study indicates that one electronic state appears in the forbidden band of the perfect LiYF4 crystal resulting from the F center in the LiYF4 crystal. And the energy difference of this electronic state and the bottom of the conduction band is 3.74Â eV, corresponding to the 331Â nm absorption band. It is predicted that the 330Â nm absorption band could arise from the F center in LiYF4 crystals.
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Authors
Jigang Yin, Yin Hang, Lianhan Zhang,