New ytterbium (III) compounds with β-diketones (2,7-dimethyl-octene-1-dione-3,5 and 2,6-dimethylheptene-1-dione-3,5) and their derivatives with phenanthroline have been synthesized. The composition and chemical structure of the obtained complexes have been determined by several Physico-chemical investigations. It has been shown, that the Yb (III) ion coordinates three ligand molecules and the coordination sphere of the complexes is supplemented by two molecules of water or a molecule of phenanthroline. It has been shown that the СN of the ytterbium ion is 8, the coordination polyhedron is a square antiprism, and the complex is characterized by no cubic symmetry. All synthesized compounds exhibit intense IR luminescence. The significant increase in the relative emission intensity of mixed ligand complexes is due to the additional antenna effect of the phenanthroline molecule.
Ultrafast coherent excitation of an ytterbium ion with single laser pulses
