Optical and magneto-optical properties of the monoclinic phase of the C₇₀crystal

Abstract

Using the Hartree–Fock (HF) single-excitation configuration interaction (CI) model in conjunction with the local field method, the dielectric tensor, birefringence coefficient, circular dichroism, refractive index and effects of spatial dispersion on the dispersion relation for transverse normal polariton waves of the monoclinic phase of the C70 crystal are calculated. Our results indicate that the anisotropy of the C70 molecule remains in C70 solids. Also, our results on the effect of spatial dispersion, compared with the non-dispersive case, indicate that the coupling of the transverse electromagnetic field with the first and second excitonic states is very weak.