Molecular Orbital Theory of Spectra of Cr3+ Ions in Crystals

Abstract
A semiempirical LCAO molecular orbital computer program is used to study optical and magnetic properties of Cr3+ ions in noncubic sites in various host crystals. In particular, it is found that the principal contribution to the zero‐field splitting of the 4A2 ground term of t23 in a trigonal field arises primarily from the 2T2 term of t23 and not from the 4T2 term of t23e, as is usually presumed.

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