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Approximate solution of Schön's balance equations for the thermoluminescence and the thermally stimulated conductivity of inorganic photoconducting crystals
Author(s) -
Bräunlich P.,
Scharmann A.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.19660180131
Subject(s) - thermoluminescence , conductivity , balance (ability) , kinetic energy , electron , electrical resistivity and conductivity , detailed balance , materials science , condensed matter physics , physics , thermodynamics , optics , quantum mechanics , luminescence , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation
The present paper discusses approximate solutions of the well‐known balance equations for the kinetic electron processes occurring in thermoluminescence and thermally stimulated conductivity. Four cases are considered: in the first two cases the electron and hole retrapping rates are either both large or both small; the third and fourth cases involve one of these rates being large and the other small. The well known formulae for thermoluminescence due to Randall and Wilkins, and Garlick and Gibson are derived as special cases using certain simplifications.