Numerical quantification of the vibronic broadening of the SrTiO3 Ti L-edge spectrum
Keith Gilmore1, Eric L Shirley
1Optical Technology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8441, USA.
Abstract:
The 2p(5)3d(1) excited state of the Ti(4+) ion in SrTiO(3) couples to e(g) distortions of the local oxygen cage, leading to a Jahn-Teller vibronic broadening of the excited states. We quantify this contribution to the broadening of the spectral features of the Ti L edge of SrTiO(3) by solving a model Hamiltonian, taking parameters for the Hamiltonian from previous first-principles calculations. Evaluation of the model Hamiltonian indicates that vibronic coupling accounts for the majority of the broadening observed for the L(3) edge, but only a minority of the L(2)-edge spectral width. The calculations reveal that, with increasing temperature, the spectral features become increasingly asymmetric and the amount of vibronic broadening grows approximately linearly.
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