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We report here first Perturbed Angular Correlation (PAC) results of the electric field gradient (EFG) characterisation at 111Cd impurities located at both non-equivalent cation sites of the bixbyite structure of Lutetium sesquioxide, between room temperature (RT) and 1273 K. The comparison with results coming from a systematic 111Cd PAC study in bixbyites and with point-charge model (PCM) predictions shows the presence of a trapped defect at RT in the neighbourhood of the asymmetric cation site, which is completely removed at T > 623 K. The anomalous EFG temperature dependence in Lu2O3 can be described in the frame of a “two-state” model with fluctuating interactions, which enables the experimental determination of the acceptor energy level introduced by the Cd impurity in the band-gap of the semiconductor and the estimation of the oxygen vacancy density in the sample.
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Errico, L., Rentería, M., Bibiloni, A. et al. Hyperfine interactions in 111Cd-doped lutetium sesquioxide. Hyperfine Interactions 120, 457–462 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017053624275
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