THEORETICAL STUDIES OF THE SPIN HAMILTONIAN PARAMETERS AND LOCAL STRUCTURE FOR THE TETRAGONAL Rh2+ CENTER IN RHOMBOHEDRAL BaTiO3
The spin Hamiltonian parameters and local structure for the tetragonal Rh 2+ center in rhombohedral BaTiO 3 are theoretically studied from the perturbation formulas of these parameters for a 4d 7 ion with low spin (S=1/2) in tetragonally elongated octahedra. This center is ascribed to substitutional Rh 2+ at the Ti 4+ site in BaTiO 3. The [ RhO 6]10- cluster suffers relative elongation (characterized by the elongation parameter ρ ≈ 0.9%) along the [100] axis due to the Jahn–Teller effect. The tetragonal elongation can entirely depress the slight trigonal distortion of the original Ti 4+ site in rhombohedral BaTiO 3. The calculated spin Hamiltonian parameters based on the above Jahn–Teller elongation show good agreement with the experimental results.