Detection of directed electron-hole recombination energy transfer from an ionic crystal matrix to self-assembled nanocrystals

It is found that the energy released in the spin-dependent tunneling recombination of electron-hole pairs and self-trapped excitons in an ionic crystal matrix is directionally transferred to low-dimensional semiconductor structures embedded in the matrix as a result of self-assembled growth. The EPR spectra of electron and hole centers in the matrix crystal are detected by tunneling afterglow and photostimulated luminescence that are excited in the low-dimensional structure.