Affiliation:
1. College of Science University of Shanghai for Science and Technology 516 Jungong Road Shanghai 200093 China
2. Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory Research Center of Laser Fusion CAEP Mianyang 621900 China
Abstract
The behavior of self‐trapped holes (STH) adjacent to a H vacancy in K (KDP) crystals is investigated using the DFT + U and hybrid density functional calculations. The calculated results reveal that STH is located on one O atom near and introduces new defect energy levels in the bandgap. The hole tends to be self‐trapped and is more stable at room temperature along with partial lattice distortions. The STH in KDP crystals has a large migration barrier energy, implying a small mobility rate. The optical properties associated with STH are calculated and the emission peak is predicted to be 2.55 eV (487 nm) and the absorption peak to be 4.58 eV (271 nm), which is in good agreement with the experimental results.
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