Host-lattice effects in the spin-orbit fine structure of vacancy-trapped electrons
Abstract
Defects in ionic solids involving an electron trapped by an anion vacancy exhibit several unique properties arising from spin-orbit effects in noncentral-force systems, including a complex dependence of the spin-orbit splitting on host-crystal properties. Two such trends evident in new data for F centers are: (1) an approximate inverse power-law dependence of the F-center spin-orbit splitting on the host-crystal lattice parameter and (2) a direct dependence of the splitting on the size of the host-lattice ions. The spin-orbit splitting is described by a semi-empirical formula.
- Publication:
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Presented at the 2nd Intern. Conf. on Radiation Effects in Insulators
- Pub Date:
- September 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983rei..conf.....S
- Keywords:
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- Ions;
- Lattice Parameters;
- Spin-Orbit Interactions;
- Vacancies (Crystal Defects);
- Angular Momentum;
- Color Centers;
- Electron Distribution;
- Electron Orbitals;
- Fine Structure;
- Wave Functions;
- Solid-State Physics