Cr3+in pure and Mg-doped LiNbO3: analysis of the EPR and optical spectra
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Vol. 4 (3) , 847-853
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/4/3/023
Abstract
The electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of Cr3+ in LiNbO3 and heavily Mg-doped LiNbO3, have been measured and analysed according to the superposition model. The axial spectrum of Cr3+ in LiNbO3 is consistent with Nb substitution. On the other hand, the dominant isotropic spectrum found in Mg-doped LiNbO3 can be accounted for if an appropriate ( approximately=0.1 AA) relaxation of the Cr3+ along the c-axis is allowed. Moreover, a point-ion calculation shows that the axial shift of the impurity ion is also qualitatively consistent with recent observations of an enhanced pi -polarization character of the optical transitions in LiNbO3:Mg, Cr.Keywords
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