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Direct calculation of lanthanide optical transition intensities Nd3+:YAG
Journal of Alloys and Compounds (1995)
  • Gary W Burdick, Andrews University
  • F. S. Richardson, University of Virginia - Main Campus
  • M. F. Reid, university of canterbury
  • H. J. Kooy, University of Hong Kong
Abstract

The influence of Coulomb and spin-orbit interactions on one-photon transitions within the 4f3 configuration of Nd3+ in YAG is taken into account by a “direct” calculation, which explicitly evaluates the eigenstates of 4f3 and 4f25d. The interconfigurational crystal-field parameters are fitted to the experimental data and the traditional one-electron intensity parameters are retained to account for non-crystal-field mechanisms. A small but significant improvement in the fit is obtained.

Disciplines
Publication Date
July 15, 1995
Citation Information
Gary W Burdick, F. S. Richardson, M. F. Reid and H. J. Kooy. "Direct calculation of lanthanide optical transition intensities Nd3+:YAG" Journal of Alloys and Compounds Vol. 225 Iss. 1-2 (1995)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gary_burdick/17/