title: Optical absorption and luminescence energies of F centers in CaO from ab initio embedded cluster calculations.
abstract: We calculated the optical absorption and luminescence energies of electrons trapped at oxygen vacancies in CaO using a consistent embedded cluster method which accounts for the long-range polarization effects and partial covalence of CaO. Optical absorption and luminescence energies of neutral (F center) and positively charged (F+ center) vacancies are calculated by means of time dependent density functional theory using the B3LYP exchange-correlation density functional. Our results demonstrate that using large basis sets to describe a diffuse nature of excited states, and properly accounting for long-range polarization induced by charged and excited defect states, is crucial for accurate predictions of optical excitation and luminescence energies of these defects.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Quimíca Física, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carrasco
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Illas
authors.forename: Peter V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Sushko
authors.forename: Alexander L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Shluger