Luminescence of bound excitons created near sodium impurity ions in KCl:Na single crystals
The study is focused on luminescence features of bound excitons (exciton-like formations, ELFs) in KCl:Na single crystals created in the field of sodium impurity ions either directly at photoexcitation or via the recombination of electron-hole pairs. The intensity of the X-ray luminescence (XRL) ban...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2025-02-01
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| Series: | Optical Materials: X |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590147824001074 |
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| Summary: | The study is focused on luminescence features of bound excitons (exciton-like formations, ELFs) in KCl:Na single crystals created in the field of sodium impurity ions either directly at photoexcitation or via the recombination of electron-hole pairs. The intensity of the X-ray luminescence (XRL) bands peaked at 2.8 and 3.1 eV (emission of recombinationally formed and relaxed ELFs) increases with both, the concentration of sodium impurity ions (10 → 1000 ppm) and the detection temperature (85 → 350 K). It is worth noting that at room temperature, the light yield of these XRL bands in KCl:Na practically coincides with that for the luminescence measured in the same way in classical scintillators, CsI and CsI:Na crystals. The lifetime of the fast component of cathodoluminescence at 2.8 and 3.1 eV equals 2.4 and 1.7 ns, respectively, at 6 K and even shortens to approximately τ ≈ 0.3 ns at room temperature. At 10 K, photons of 7.6 and 6.7 eV directly form ELFs in the field of single or paired Na+ impurity ions with typical luminescence bands peaked, respectively, at 2.8 eV (el0 (Na+)) and 3.1 eV (el0 (Na+-Na+)). These photoluminescence bands undergo complete thermal quenching by 200–300 K, whereas relevant XRL bands are not quenched up to 350 K, their intensity even noticeably increases at 200 → 350 K. |
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| ISSN: | 2590-1478 |