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Photostimulated Reorientation of H z [001] (Pb 2+ ) Centres in a KCl:PbCl 2 Crystal
Author(s) -
Nagirnyi V.,
Soovik T.,
Zazubovich S.
Publication year - 1984
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.2221250115
Subject(s) - excited state , ion , chemistry , atomic physics , crystal (programming language) , vacancy defect , atom (system on chip) , polarization (electrochemistry) , analytical chemistry (journal) , crystallography , physics , organic chemistry , computer science , embedded system , programming language , chromatography
Temperature dependences of polarization and kinetic characteristics of luminescence are investigated for Pb 2+ ions perturbed by a (nnn) cation vacancy and an interstitial chlorine atom (H z [001] (Pb 2+ ) centres) in a KCl:PbCl 2 crystal. At T > 110 K the reorientation of these centres in the triplet excited state of the Pb 2+ ion stimulated by polarized UV radiation becomes evident in the polarization spectra and decay kinetics of the A T emission. It results neither in the depolarization of the emission nor in the „alignment” of the centres. Most probably the effect can be explained by a strong covalent interaction between the excited Pb 2+ ion and an interstitial, and it is caused by the dissociation of the two‐component defect near the Pb 2+ ion and the following jump of the interstitial chlorine atom into one of the 〈100〉 directions perpendicular to the {Pb 2+ ‐v c − } axis.