Optical and magnetic properties of the ground state of Cr3+ doping ions in REM3(BO3)4 single crystals

Abstract

New data about the state of Cr³⁺ doping ions in a single crystal of YGa₃(BO₃)₄ have been obtained by studying different methods. Using electron paramagnetic resonance, it was found that the Cr³⁺ ions substitute the trivalent gallium ions. The obtained spin Hamiltonian parameters of the Cr³⁺ ions in the YGa₃(BO₃)₄ single crystal (g = 1.9743 ± 0.0004; D = -0.465 ± 0.001 cm^-1; E = -0.013 ± 0.001 cm^-1) were analyzed and compared with those in TmAl₃(BO₃)₄, EuAl₃(BO₃)₄, and YAl₃(BO₃)₄. The deviation of the Z-axis in the spectrum from the crystallographic axis С₃ is 1,7 degrees in YGa₃(BO₃)₄. In situ X-ray diffraction was used to study the structural and elastic properties of huntite-type borates in the temperature range of RT-1073 K. In the radioluminescence (RL) spectra, the Cr³⁺-related emission bands were observed in the red wavelength range, and the presence of other defect-related bands was also registered in some cases. Thermally stimulated luminescence (TSL) glow curves were acquired over a wide temperature range, and the trap depths of the most prominent bands were calculated. The ¹¹B NMR spectra show that two nonequivalent spectral components exist for BO₃ structural elements.