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The Yb3+ paramagnetic center of the trigonal symmetry (âoxygenâ paramagnetic center T2) in CaF2 and SrF2 single crystals is studied by EPR and optical spectroscopy. The Stark level energies of the Yb3+ multiplets are established from absorption, luminescence and excitation luminescence spectra and the crystal field parameters are calculated. |
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Results of EPR and optical spectroscopic investigation of the trigonal paramagnetic Yb3+Â ion in SrF2Â (âoxygenâ paramagnetic center â T2) are presented. The energy level scheme of the center is determined from its optical spectra and the parameters of the crystal field potential are calculated. |
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Electron paramagnetic resonance, electron-nuclear double resonance, and optical spectroscopy of the tetragonal Yb3+ center in KMgF3 are reported here. The results of these experiments allow us to conclude that a previously given structural model as well as the interpretation of the optical spectrum of this center are incorrect. A model is presented and experimentally and theoretically justified. In particular, the values of the hyperfine and transferred hyperfine interaction parameters were determined as well as an experiment-based energy-level scheme. Its parametrization is performed by including simultaneously the crystal field and the spin-orbit interaction within the 7F term. Furthermore, a theoretical analysis of the transferred hyperfine interaction (THFl) parameters is presented. It is further shown from optics and from microscopic calculations of the THFI parameters that gâ„ and gâ„have opposite signs and that the rule of correspondence between the cubic g factor and gÌ=1/3(gx+gy+gz) does not depend on the relative magnitude of the cubic and low-symmetry crystal field acting on the rare-earth ion. |