Infrared Spectral Emittance and Optical Properties of Yttrium Vanadate

H. E. Rast, H. H. Caspers, S. A. Miller


The infrared spectral emittance E of single scrystals of YVO4 has been examined near 4.2 and 77°K in the wavelength range 4-125 μm. Of the expected seven active transverse optical modes at k∼0, six have been observed and assigned to their symmetry species based on their polarization with respect to the crystalline axes. The observed frequencies of the transverse optic Eu modes were 196, 261, and 788 cm-1 and for A2u modes, 310, 455, and 803 cm-1. The relation between emittance and reflectance, E=1-R in the opaque region of lattice vibrations, permits one to determine the reflectance R. By least-square-fitting the reflectance data to an independent set of damped harmonic oscillators, infrared dispersion parameters were determined for the Eu vibrations. © 1968 The American Physical Society.

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Materials
Curve 1
Temperature, K: 77 Wavelength Range, µm: 4.05-22.2 Geometry θ: Composition (weight percent), Specifications, and Remarks: Single crystals from Vinor Laboratories; cut perpendicular to the c-axis; polished.
Curve 2
Temperature, K: 77 Wavelength Range, µm: 18.8-46.6 Geometry θ: Composition (weight percent), Specifications, and Remarks: Above specimen and condition.
Curve 3
Temperature, K: 77 Wavelength Range, µm: 4.50-22.7 Geometry θ: Composition (weight percent), Specifications, and Remarks: Similar to the above specimen and conditions except crystal cut parallel to c-axis.
Curve 4
Temperature, K: 77 Wavelength Range, µm: 18.9-46.4 Geometry θ: Composition (weight percent), Specifications, and Remarks: Above specimen and conditions.
Curve 1
Temperature, K: 77 Wavelength Range, µm: 4.05-22.2 Geometry θ'ω': 0° 0° Composition (weight percent), Specifications, and Remarks: Single crystal from Vinor Laboratory; cut perpendicular to the optic axis; polished; author measured and assumed ρ = 1-ε.
Curve 2
Temperature, K: 77 Wavelength Range, µm: 18.8-46.6 Geometry θ'ω': 0° 0° Composition (weight percent), Specifications, and Remarks: Above specimen and conditions.
Curve 3
Temperature, K: 77 Wavelength Range, µm: 8.00-80.6 Geometry θ'ω': 0° 0° Composition (weight percent), Specifications, and Remarks: Above specimen and conditions except reflectance measured directly.
Curve 4
Temperature, K: 350 Wavelength Range, µm: 4.50-22.7 Geometry θ'ω': 0° 0° Composition (weight percent), Specifications, and Remarks: Similar to curve 3 specimen and conditions except cut parallel to c-axis.
Curve 5
Temperature, K: 350 Wavelength Range, µm: 18.9-46.4 Geometry θ'ω': 0° 0° Composition (weight percent), Specifications, and Remarks: Above specimen and conditions.