Far-Infrared Properties of Lattice Resonant Modes. V. Second-Order Stark Effect

Abstract

Small electric-field-induced frequency shifts have been observed for resonant modes associated with three defect systems. For NaI: ${\mathrm{Cl}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, the shifts have been used to measure the quartic anharmonic terms of the interionic potential of the impurity ion. For KBr: ${\mathrm{Li}}^{+}$, the quartic anharmonic terms are found to be very small, and an harmonic potential which includes a central barrier with the barrier height less than the zero-point energy of the oscillator is required to explain the experimental results. For NaCl: ${\mathrm{Cu}}^{+}$, only an on-center resonant-mode configuration is consistent with the experimental results.