Effect of Cu-doping on the electronic structure and optical properties of LaNi5 |
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Authors: | Yu.V. Knyazev,A.V. Lukoyanov,Yu.I. Kuz&rsquo minA.G. Kuchin |
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Affiliation: | a Institute of Metal Physics UD of RAS, 18 S.Kovalevskoy Str., Ekaterinburg, 620990, Russia b Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Ekaterinburg, 620002, Russia |
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Abstract: | Optical properties of intermetallic isostructural compounds LaNi5−xCux (x = 0, 0.6, 1, 1.2) have been studied in the spectral range from 0.22 to 15 μm using the ellipsometry method. It was found that the substitution of copper for nickel leads to local changes in the optical conductivity spectra. Theoretical calculations of the electronic structure and interband optical conductivity of LaNi5−xCux compounds with x = 0, 1, 2, 3 were performed in the generalized gradient approximation within the pseudopotential plane-wave method PWSCF. Both the optical spectroscopic measurements and theoretical calculations demonstrate the presence of a broad absorption band around 4 eV associated with the Cu 3d → Ni 3d electron transitions and increasing with the growth of copper content. |
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Keywords: | Rare-earth alloys and compounds Electronic band structure Optical properties |
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