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Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 588, 2014, Pages 725-727.
Yu.V. Knyazeva, A.V. Lukoyanova, b, , , Yu.I. Kuz‘mina, B. Majic, K.G. Sureshc
a Institute of Metal Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch, 620990 Yekaterinburg, Russia and
b Ural Federal University, 620002 Yekaterinburg, Russia and
c Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 400076 Mumbai, India.
Abstract
In this paper experimentally measured optical properties of Nd5Ge3 have been reported together with the electronic structure calculations within the LSDA + U method, accounting for electronic correlation effects in the 4f shell of Nd. A detailed comparison of the experimental and calculated theoretical optical conductivity allowed us to relate most of the features of experimental curve to corresponding interband transitions.
