Oxygen vacancies in : Optical absorption from hybrid DFT
- 16 May 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 105 (20), 205118
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.105.205118
Abstract
Density functional theory is used to calculate the optical absorption of oxygen vacancies in potassium titanyl phosphate (, KTP) crystals. A modified hybrid functional is used for the description of the midgap defect states and the optical excitation energies. Oxygen vacancies in the charge state lead to rather minor modification of the bulk KTP optical response, while the and neutral charge states give rise to characteristic midgap optical absorption covering the whole near-infrared and visible spectrum. Its intensity is strongly polarization dependent and strongest for light polarized parallel to the axis. The modification of the KTP optical absorption by oxygen vacancies predicted here corroborates the picture that the gray-track formation in KTP, i.e., its photochromic damage, is related to a successive charging of oxygen vacancies.
Funding Information
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (TRR142/3-2022, 231447078)
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