According to first-principles calculations performed on Ce-doped and Ce,La-codoped yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) Y3 Al5 O12, the effect of La codoping on the local structure around Ce defects in Ce:YAG is an anisotropic expansion in overall, in opposition to recent propositions of local lattice compression. Its effect on the lowest Ce3+ 4f→5d transition is found to be a redshift, in agreement with experiments. The redshift is the result of a decrease in the difference between the energy centroids of the 5 d1 and 4 f1 configurations and an increase in the effective ligand field on the Ce5d shell associated with electronic effects of La substituting for Y. These effects are mitigated by the ligand field decrease associated with the local expansion around Ce, which gives a blueshift contribution of a smaller value. The behavior of the energy difference between the centroids of the configurations cannot be anticipated by the usual model for this quantity, in spite of its usefulness to rationalize 5d→4f luminescences. The second 4f→5d transition is found to be blueshifted upon La codoping, also in agreement with experiments.
Structural effects and 4f-5d transition shifts induced by La codoping in Ce-doped yttrium aluminum garnet: First-principles study / MUNOZ GARCIA, ANA BELEN; J. L., Pascual; Z., Barandiarán; L., Seijo. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS. - ISSN 1098-0121. - 82:6(2010), p. 064114. [10.1103/PhysRevB.82.064114]
Structural effects and 4f-5d transition shifts induced by La codoping in Ce-doped yttrium aluminum garnet: First-principles study
MUNOZ GARCIA, ANA BELEN;
2010
Abstract
According to first-principles calculations performed on Ce-doped and Ce,La-codoped yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) Y3 Al5 O12, the effect of La codoping on the local structure around Ce defects in Ce:YAG is an anisotropic expansion in overall, in opposition to recent propositions of local lattice compression. Its effect on the lowest Ce3+ 4f→5d transition is found to be a redshift, in agreement with experiments. The redshift is the result of a decrease in the difference between the energy centroids of the 5 d1 and 4 f1 configurations and an increase in the effective ligand field on the Ce5d shell associated with electronic effects of La substituting for Y. These effects are mitigated by the ligand field decrease associated with the local expansion around Ce, which gives a blueshift contribution of a smaller value. The behavior of the energy difference between the centroids of the configurations cannot be anticipated by the usual model for this quantity, in spite of its usefulness to rationalize 5d→4f luminescences. The second 4f→5d transition is found to be blueshifted upon La codoping, also in agreement with experiments.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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