Theoretical Calculations of Strain—Induced Splittings and／or Shifts of t2^32E and t2^34A2 Levels for MgO：Cr^3＋

Theoretical Calculations of Strain-Induced Splittings and/or Shifts of t232E and t234A2 Levels for MgO:Cr3+

Under various uniaxial stresses, both strains with low symmetry and isotropic strains of crystals take place. The former gives the strain-induced low-symmetry crystal fields and accordingly splittings of levels; the latter gives the isotropic parts of strain-induced crystal fields and accordingly shifts of levels. By using the wavefunctions obtained from the diagonalization of the complete d^3$ energy matrix in a regular octahedral field, the relevant matrix elements and accordingly strain-induced splittings and/or shifts of t₂³²E and t₂³⁴A₂ for MgO:Cr³⁺ have been calculated. Their physical origins have been thoroughly analyzed and revealed. It is the admixtures of basic wavefunctions resulted from the spin-orbit interaction and/or Coulomb interaction and/or Kramers degeneracy that make strain-induced splittings of levels nonzero. In contrast with this, strain-induced shifts come mainly from the zero-order approximate wavefunctions. It is found that there are nonvanishing matrix elements of operators T₂ξ, T₂η and T₂ζ between wavefunctions with positive M_s and those with negative M_s', which have important effects on strain-induced splittings of levels. The shifts of t₂³²E under both hydrostatic pressure and uniaxial pressure have been uniformly calculated. The important results of Y_c, Z_c, P_c, Q_c and 〈t₂|| C(A₁)|| t₂〉have been evaluated.