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The crystal field at Er 3+ in copper doped zinc selenide
Author(s) -
Lowther J. E.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2220500133
Subject(s) - zinc selenide , crystal (programming language) , copper , zinc , doping , linear combination of atomic orbitals , field (mathematics) , magnitude (astronomy) , materials science , charge (physics) , selenide , chemistry , condensed matter physics , selenium , computational chemistry , physics , optoelectronics , metallurgy , quantum mechanics , mathematics , density functional theory , computer science , pure mathematics , programming language , astronomy , basis set
An empirical LCAO‐MO calculation of the magnitude of the overlap contribution to the crystal field at Er 3+ at an interstitial site in copper doped ZnSe is reported. The success of the point charge electrostatic model in calculating the magnitude of the crystal field at such sites is discussed.