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Electronic processes in rare earth activated wide gap materials
Author(s) -
Pédrini Christian
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
physica status solidi (a)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1862-6319
pISSN - 1862-6300
DOI - 10.1002/pssa.200460103
Subject(s) - photoionization , rare earth , impurity , doping , charge (physics) , chemical physics , materials science , ion , simple (philosophy) , charge exchange , atomic physics , chemistry , condensed matter physics , ionization , physics , optoelectronics , metallurgy , quantum mechanics , philosophy , epistemology
This paper is a review of charge exchange processes in rare earth doped insulating materials. After a description of experimental approaches for the location of impurity ions in the host gap, charge transfer and photoionization phenomena are presented. Experimental data are discussed and interpreted using simple models. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)