Optical spectroscopy of Yb3+ in the Cs2NaYF6 single crystal

Results of the optical spectroscopy investigation of the cubic paramagnetic center Yb3+ ion in the Cs2NaYF6 single crystal are presented. The Stark level energies of the Yb3+ multiplets are established from absorption, luminescence and excitation luminescence spectra and the crystal field parameters are calculated. Information about the phonon spectra of Cs2NaYF6 crystals is obtained from the electron-vibrational structure of the optical absorption and luminescence spectra. © 2007