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Published on: May 29, 2018
Time-resolved spectroscopy in LiCaAlF(6) doped with Cr(3+): dynamical Jahn-Teller effect and thermal shifts
M N Sanz-Ortiz1, F Rodríguez, R Valiente
1MALTA CONSOLIDER Team, DCITIMAC, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cantabria, E-39005 Santander, Spain.
Abstract:
This work investigates the centre distribution of the Cr(3+) impurity, the dynamical Jahn-Teller effect in the first (4)T(2) excited state and the thermal shifts of the absorption and emission peaks in LiCaAlF(6):Cr(3+) by means of time-resolved emission spectroscopy. The electronic and vibrational fine structure observed in both the absorption and emission spectra at low temperature are assigned according to the vibrational modes of the internal (CrF(6))(3-) complex and the lattice modes. Zero-phonon lines associated with (4)T(2) --> (4)A(2) and (2)E --> (4)A(2) transitions were detected and assigned on the basis of available high pressure data in LiCaAlF(6):Cr(3+). We have identified the vibrational coupled modes responsible for the vibrational structure of the low temperature emission spectrum and the reduction of the zero-phonon line (ZPL) splitting caused by the dynamical Jahn-Teller effect in the (4)T(2) excited state (Huang-Rhys factor, S(e) = 0.92). In addition, from the temperature variation of the emission intensity I(T), transition energy E(T) and bandwidth H(T), we obtained the vibrational modes that are coupled to the emitting state. We have evaluated the two main contributions to the photoluminescence thermal shift through thermal expansion and high pressure measurements: the implicit contribution induced by changes of thermal population and the explicit contribution induced by thermal expansion effects--40% and 60% of the total shift, respectively.
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