Optical storage in doped microstructures of alkali halides

Peculiarities of colour centres production and their recombination in photostimulated processes in doped alkali halide microstructures were examined in connection with their practical use as active photostimulable media in miniaturised optoelectronic and photonic devices. The specific interaction of unrelaxed H-centres and electrons with the dopants in different valence and electronic states open a way for widening the scope of multifunctional (logical and mathematical) optical data processing and transfer.     

Studies of first-stage F-centre production in alkali halides doped with strontium

KBr crystals doped with strontium have been X-irradiated at 293 K. The reduction in single impurity-vacancy dipole concentration has been measured using I.T.C. techniques and is found to be proportional to and in quite close numerical agreement with F-centre growth in both first and second stage F-centre production, this being in agreement with previous results in KCl(Sr). The growth of the absorption band peaking at 263 nm was studied and was found to be proportional to F-centre growth during the earlier stages of colouration, indicating that the responsible centres are a major complement of the F-centres. Ionic conductivity experiments show little agreement between the decay of conductivity and the growth of F-centres during X-irradiation of KCl(Sr) crystals at 293 K.A model is developed in which interstitials are trapped at impurity-vacancy dipoles and in which the two stages of F-centre production is the result of dynamic processes involving modifications of the excitonic mechanism or of back reactions.     

Dimer centres in variously pretreated thallium doped sodium halides

A detailed examination of the luminescent characteristics of variously pretreated heavily doped NaBr:Tl phosphors has been carried out. A prominent emission band at 420 nm exhibited by the phosphor is attributed to the electronic transitions within Tl⁺ ion perturbed by the presence of another Tl⁺ ion occupying nearest neighbour alkali ion site, the centre so formed being known as dimer. It is rather surprising that the dimers are conspicuous by their absence in heavily doped NaCl:Tl phosphors. This aspect of the result is discussed on the basis of the relative sizes of the ions in the phosphors.     

Anomalous decay and breather formation in doped alkali halides

Anomalous decay of doped alkali halides has been ascribed to breather formation in the immediate neighborhood of the impurity. New results support this connection. We report experimental data for NaBr and RbBr crystals showing anomalies in their slow emission decay. These data complete the earlier picture, confirming that the decay anomaly becomes bigger as the host-lattice-anion/cation mass ratio increases. We show the correlation between the decay anomaly and the breather formation as a function of this ratio. By simulating finite-temperature effects (which do not just involve white noise) in the lattice dynamics, we demonstrate that with increasing temperature the breather weakens, as is experimentally observed for the decay anomaly.     

Aggregation pathways and Suzuki phase formation in doped alkali halides

A model about Suzuki phase formation in Alkali Halides doped with divalent cationic impurities is presented. It considers rearrangement of small aggregates as dimers and trimers. Experimental data of Suzuki phase nucleation at room temperature in NaCl:Cd²⁺ corroborate this model.     

Mollwo-Ivey relations for emission bands in copper doped alkali halides

The fluorescence spectra were measured of nine alkali halides with a low concentration of monovalent copper. Relations analogous to Mollwo-Ivey law for F-centers and for lead doped alkali halides were found to be satisfied by the measured wavelengths corresponding to the emission band maxima. The Stokes shifts, however, were here essentially larger as compared to those of lead doped alkali halides. Their order of magnitude is about the same as for F-centers.Dedicated to Prof. Dr. I. Tarján on occasion of his 60th birthday.Cukrovarnická 10, Praha 6, Czechoslovakia.The authors wish to express their appreciation to Dr. M. Lébl, CSc., and Ing. . Barta, CSc., for growing the crystals and to Mrs. I. Velická for the polarographic analysis.     

Electron-lattice interaction in the absorption spectra of thallium doped alkali halides

The electron-lattice interaction of NaCl:Tl⁺, KCl:Tl⁺, KBr:Tl⁺, and KI:Tl⁺ is discussed using the moments of the absorption bands. The discussion is based on a theory ofToyozawa andInoue andHonma. Consistency of the data is found for the absorption measurements. An analysis of the band shift under applied stress shows for theA-band in KCl and KBr and for theA- andB-band in KI that the electronlattice coupling constants derived from these data assuming next neighbour interaction differ considerably from those derived from the second moments of the bands.     

Characterization of the Suzuki phase in doped alkali halides by Raman spectroscopy

The symmetries and frequencies of the Raman active modes of the Suzuki phase in the systems 6NaCl:CdCl₂; and 6NaCl:MnCl₂, have been calculated. Three of the four peaks allowed by symmetry (A_1g and 2F_g) agree to within 25% in position with the experimental values presented here and with other experimental results. The fourth peak (E_g) seems to be associated with a very soft mode, which explains why this peak has not been observed. The features of the Raman spectrum depend mainly upon the chlorine ions.     

Experimental determination of thermal expansivity of several alkali halides at high pressures

Unit-cell volumes of four alkali halides, LiF, NaF, KF and CSCl, were measured to 90 kbar and 800°C using X-ray powder diffraction techniques. NaCl was used as an internal pressure standard. Experimental results were analyzed based on Decker's equation of state for NaCl and thermal expansívities of these four materials were determined as a function of pressure. Volume dependence of thermal expansivity is different for the NaCl and CsCl structures. Comparisons of the present results with theoretical calculations by Birch and Anderson are presented.     

萤石结构TiO2的电子结构和光学性质

利用第一性原理计算了立方相萤石TiO2的晶胞参数,能带结构和电子态密度.结果显示萤石TiO2属于间接带隙半导体材料,其间接禁带宽度(Γ→X)Eg为2.07 eV,比常见的金红石和锐钛矿TiO2的禁带宽度窄.为了更清楚地了解萤石的光学性质,利用Kramers-Kronig色散关系,分别对萤石和金红石TiO2的复介电常数、吸收率等参数进行了计算,并将二者结果做了比较.其中萤石TiO2的静介电常数为8.31.金红石TiO2的静介电常数表现为各向异性ε1xy(0)=6.01和ε1z(0)=7.07,该计算结果与实验值一致.吸收光谱的对比结果显示萤石结构在51nm和153 nm处增加了新的吸收峰,并且吸收光谱范围已扩大到了可见光区.     

The influence of point defects on the photophysics of the silver halides doped with Re3+ complexes

Abstract

An EPR study of silver halide single crystals and emulsions doped with Re³⁺ complexes has been completed. Deep electron trapping by the dopant is facilitated by the presence of substitutional Re³⁺ sites with less than their complete complement of charge compensating silver ion vacancies.     

Optical Detection of magnetic resonance without microwaves via MCD of F-centers in doped alkali halides

Abstract

By monitoring the magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) of F-centers in irradiated alkali halides EPR of impurity centers was detected without microwaves due to a cross-relaxation of the impurities with optically pumped F-centers. Cross-relaxation effects were also observed in magnetic resonance detected via MCD in absorption and the intensity of spin-dependent recombination emission in ionic crystals doped with transition and rare earth ions.     

Vibrational and electronic spectra of alkali halides doped with CrO42− ions

The i.r. spectra of alkali halides doped with FrO₄^2? ions are very sensitive to the concentration of background divalent impurities. Highly pure crystals containing CrO₄^2? ions show a 5 line i.r. spectrum in the v₃ stretch frequency region. One of these lines is attributed to CrO₄^2? ions in perfect crystal surroundings having T_d symmetry and the other 4 lines are attributed to C_s symmetry produced by a charge compensating anion vacancy in the nearest neighbour position. If the crystal contains a concentration of divalent cation impurity which is equal to or more than that of CrO₄^2? ions, a different spectrum characteristic of C_2x symmetry as well as the line corresponding to T_d symmetry are obtained. The crystals of ordinary purity contain all the three (C_s, C_2x and T_d symmetry) species and show eight line spectra. The changes in force constants calculated from the observed splitting of the energy levels agree with those evaluated from the known polarizability of the chromate ions.At 600°C, the vibration spectra of the highly pure crystals doped with CrO₄^2? ions show an increase in intensity of the line characteristic of T_d symmetry and the other lines practically disappear, because the anion vacancies move away from the neighbourhood of the CrO₄^2? ions at high temperatures. The energy of association of the vacancy with CrO₄^2? ions and the energy of migration of the vacancy are derived from the spectra obtained at different temperatures and with different heat treatments.The electronic spectra of the crystals show 3 bands (at 345, 270 and 240 nm for KCI). The lowest energy band has a fine structure with a spacing of about 800 cm^?1 at LAT. Since the transition involved is from a non-bonding to an antibonding state, the Condon parabola is shifted in the excited state and therefore the fine structure is attributed to a vibrational progression involving a totally symmetric frequency 800 cm^?1 in the excited state.     

Simulation of H-centre migration along dislocation lines applied to UV-induced afterglow in Eu doped alkali halides

In this work we have simulated the migration of H centres along dislocation lines and their recombination with F z centres after a pulse irradiation. The variable parameter in our simulations was the probability p of recombination between H and F z centres when they meet. The results of the simulation for p =1 were in good agreement with a previous derived approximation and with the experimental data. We found that the function I = I 0 n m f could be fitted very well to the afterglow decay for all p values. The afterglow yield, defined as the total amount of afterglow, divided by the total amount of generated precursors of the H-F z pairs was found to decrease with increasing p . The exponent f however was found to be remarkably stable at 1.49 over a range of p from 1 to 0.2 below which it decreases to 0.5.     

Weakly first-order or nearly second-order phase transitions in ammonium halides

This work is mainly concerned with the application to the ammonium chloride system of the model that was developed by Yurtseven (1993).

Using the model, which is an Ising model superimposed on an Einstein and/or Debye model, the specific heat C _v has been calculated in the vicinity of the λ-phase transition in NH₄Cl.

Our calculated C _v values give a reasonable fit to the observed more recent C _p data from the literature.

The model predictions applicable to the ammonium halides are discussed.     

Deep level defects in gamma-ray irradiated ge doped with pb or sn

Abstract

Deep level transient spectroscopy has been used to investigate the electrical properties of deep defect states in γ-ray irradiated Ge doped with the isoelectronic elements Pb or Sn. Three deep levels are observed in the irradiated Pb-doped Ge (E_v +0.28 eV, E_c ?0.33 eV, E_c ?0.39 eV) and two deep levels observed in the Sn-doped Ge (E_v + 0.19 eV, E_c ?0.15 eV). For the same γ-ray irradiation doses, Ge crystals grown from graphite crucibles and doped with Pb or Sn shows about two-thirds the total density of deep level defects observed in undoped Ge grown from synthetic quartz crucibles. All of the defect states observed were removed by a 1 hour, 250°C thermal anneal, and all but the E_c ?0.39 eV state in the Pb-doped material were neutralized by exposure to a low pressure atomic hydrogen plasma.     

Ionic conductivity and cation selfdiffusion in NaCl crystals doped with calcium or cadmium

Measurements of the concentration dependences of dc conductivity and Na⁺ diffusion in NaCl + CaCl₂ and NaCl + CdCl₂ monocrystals have shown that the heats of association of both divalent admixtures into complexes with cation vacancies are very close (0·28±0·02 eV.) The Stasiw-Teltow model of association has been found suitable for concentrations of calcium not exceeding 0·1 mole-% within the whole temperature range of 150 to 720°C. This model gave the value of 0·284 eV for the enthalpy of association of Ca⁺⁺-complexes, the value of 0·74 eV for the enthalpy of migration of free vacancies and a negligibly low entropy of association of these complexes. The observed contribution of the complexes to selfdiffusion was in accordance with the model of association into tightly bound complexes. The contribution was, however, higher than could be expected for simple rotation of the associated vacancy round the admixture in the nearest neighbour positions.     

Cu、Zn掺杂对AlSb电子结构和光学性质影响

运用密度泛函平面波赝势方法和广义梯度近似,对替代式掺杂Cu和Zn的闪锌矿AlSb的超晶胞晶体结构、电子结构和光学性质进行了计算。分析了其电子态分布和结构的关系,给出了掺杂前后AlSb体系的复介电常数和复折射函数。结果表明,掺有Cu和Zn的AlSb晶体空穴密度增大,会明显提高材料的电导率;两种掺杂体系光学带隙均变窄;通过分析掺杂前后AlSb晶体的复介电常数和复折射函数,解释了体系的发光机制。     

萤石结构TiO2的电子结构和光学性质

利用第一性原理计算了立方相萤石TiO₂的晶胞参数,能带结构和电子态密度.结果显示萤石TiO₂属于间接带隙半导体材料,其间接禁带宽度(Γ→X)E_g为2.07eV,比常见的金红石和锐钛矿TiO₂的禁带宽度窄.为了更清楚地了解萤石的光学性质,利用Kramers-Kronig色散关系,分别对萤石和金红石TiO₂的复介电常数、吸收率等参数进行了计算,并将二者结果做了 关键词： 2')" href="#">萤石结构TiO₂ 密度泛函理论 能带结构 光学性质