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Triplet relaxed excited state structure and luminescence of thallium‐doped alkali halides
Author(s) -
Nagirnyi V.,
Soovik † T.,
Vaino P.,
Zazubovich S.,
Jaanson N.
Publication year - 1991
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.2221640218
Subject(s) - excited state , luminescence , halide , metastability , alkali metal , chemistry , ion , singlet state , atomic physics , triplet state , excitation , thallium , materials science , inorganic chemistry , physics , optoelectronics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Abstract For the first time a slow component is observed and studied in the decay kinetics of A T emission of TI + centres in KBr, KI, RbCl, and RbI crystals. The existence is established of a singlet metastable level below the doublet emitting one in each Jahn‐Teller minimum of the triplet excited state of the TI + centres. It is concluded that for all ns 2 ions in alkali halides the structure of the relaxed excited state is qualitatively the same, and it may adequately be described in terms of a theory that considers the Jahn‐Teller effect as a main interaction in the relaxed excited states of the luminescence centres. The nature is discussed of the weak emission bands appearing on excitation in the A absorption band of TI + centres besides the main A T and A X emission bands, earlier interpreted as hot luminescence of Tl + centres.