Optical properties of RCd3P3 (R: Ce or La) compounds: Insulator-metal transition induced by displacement of atoms in the unit cell

Jaekyung Jang, Yu-Seong Seo, Jeonghun Lee +2

We examined the electronic structures and optical properties of single crystals of RCd3P3 (R = Ce or La). Our first-principles analysis indicates that CeCd3P3 and LaCd3P3 exhibit s…