Aa. Kaplyanskii et al., NEW SPECTROSCOPIC EFFECTS OF FERROELECTRIC PHASE-TRANSITION IN LI2GE7O15 CRYSTALS DOPED WITH 3D(3)-IONS, Radiation effects and defects in solids, 135(1-4), 1995, pp. 567-570
In Li2Ge7O15(LGO) crystals doped with Cr3+ and Mn4+ ions the transform
ation of luminescence spectra in the region of R-lines at ferroelectri
c phase transition D-2h --> C-2v in LGO was used to determine the poin
t group symmetry and microstructure of 3d(3)-centers. In experiments o
n pseudo-Stark splitting of R-lines in external electric field, the ph
ase transition induced polarization of 3d(3)-ions was observed, the in
duced dipole moments being directed perpendicular to ferroelectric axi
s of C-2v phase.