Abstract
High-resolution polarized absorption and fluorescence spectra of in LiY were measured at temperatures between 10 and 300°K. Energy-level assignments were made assuming electric-dipole transition selection rules for site symmetry. Forty-six energy levels of the ground configuration were established, including 44 in the lowest nine multiplets. Crystal-field parameters were determined that gave a rms deviation of 15.8 between 41 of the experimental energy levels and calculated values. The parameters were , , , , Re , and Im . These parameters were used to obtain the remaining energy levels, yielding a complete energy-level scheme for the configuration of . The crystal-field parameters for in LiY were compared to those for other ions in this host. A theoretical calculation of line intensities was performed in which the odd-fold crystal-field parameters were obtained from a lattice sum. Line intensities were measured and compared with theory.
- Received 6 July 1978
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.19.6442
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