Short-term electrical relaxation in alkaline halide crystals

The temperature dependence of total conductivity in KCl and NaCl monocrystals with calcium impurity in the audio frequency range is studied, It is established that in the temperature range 50–350°C only one of the observed relaxation processes is described by the dipole relaxation mechanism with characteristic time = ₀exp (E/T); the values ₀ = 10^–14sec, E = 0.65eV, and ₀ = 10^–14sec, E = 0.7eV are obtained for KCl and NaCl respectively. Relaxations with values of ₀ and E differing from those above which were observed in the given temperature and frequency range are produced by resistance of the near electrode region.Translated from Izvestiya VUZ. Fizika, No. 6, pp. 101–106, June, 1973.