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Structural, electronic, and optical properties of cubic Y2O3 were studied using the plane-wave ultrasoft pseudopotential technique based on the first-principles density-functional theory (DFT). The ground-state properties were calculated and these results were in good agreement with the previous work. Furthermore, in order to understand the optical properties of cubic Y2O3, the complex dielectric function, refractive index, extinction coefficient, optical reflectivity, absorption coefficient, energy-loss function, and complex conductivity function were calculated, which were in favorable agreement with the theoretical and experimental values. We explained the origin of the absorption peaks using the theories of crystal-field and molecular-orbital bonding and investigated the relation between electronic structure and optical properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Structural parameters, electronic, chemical bonding and optical properties of orthorhombic CsAlTiO4 are studied using the plane-wave ultrasoft pseudopotential technique based on the first-principles density-functional theory (DFT). The equilibrium lattice constants, bulk modulus and electronic structure are obtained. To our knowledge, no data are available in literature of orthorhombic CsAlTiO4 with Pnma space group for comparison. Electronic and chemical bonding properties have been studied from the calculations of band structure, density of states and charge densities. The complex dielectric functions are calculated and we have explained the origins of spectral peaks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]