Abstract
The electronic structure of the alkali-earth fluorides CaF2, BaF2, SrF2, and PbF2 with Frenkel defects is investigated in the tight-binding approximation by the LMTO method. The defect formation and migration energies are calculated. The electronic structure and optical excitations of a H center in a defective fluorite structure are examined. It is shown on the basis of calculations of the binding energies that CaF2, BaF2, and SrF2 are ionic compounds, while the chemical bond in PbF2 is partially covalent. Possible methods of displacement of interstitial fluorine atoms that lead to the observed optical spectra of an H center are investigated.
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