Study on the local structure of (CrO6)9− complex in garnet crystals by optical and EPR spectrum Original Research Article

The local lattice structure distortions for YAG and YGG systems doped with Cr3+ have been investigated by the d3 configuration complete energy matrices which contain the Zeeman energy besides the electron–electron interaction, the trigonal crystal field as well as the spin–orbit coupling interaction. The local lattice structure parameters R and θ of (CrO6)9− complex are determined for Cr3+ in YAG and YGG systems, respectively. The calculated results show that the local lattice structures have expansion distortions, which almost tend to the same after distortions. Meanwhile, the EPR parameter D, g factors (g||, g⊥) and optical spectrum of these systems have been interpreted uniformly by quantitative calculation. It is shown that the effect of the orbit reduction factor k on g factors (g||, g⊥) cannot be ignored.