First-principles plane-wave pseudopotential calculations are performed to study the geometrical structures, for- mation energies, and electronic and optical properties of Y-doped, N-doped, and (Y, N)-codoped Ti02. The calculated results show that Y and N codoping leads to lattice distortion, easier separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs and band gap narrowing. The optical absorption spectra indicate that an obvious red-shift occurs upon Y and N codoping, which enhances visible-light photocatalytic activity.
The absorption spectrum and the incoherent fluorescence spectrum of the lower transition in an E-configuration threelevel atomic system driven by a pair of bichromatic fields is investigated. The transmission of the absorption profile from a multipeaked feature to a single-peak feature is identified. Adjusting the relative phase between the two driving fields, the splitting effects of the spectral peaks occur both in the fluorescence and the absorption spectra. Furthermore, phase modulating can dramatically lead to a great suppression of the amplitudes ofthe whole absorption spectrum. Physically, this effect is attributed to the phase-sensitive nature of the populations and coherence between the atomic states of the system.