Affiliation:
1. Department of Electrical and Elecronics Engineering, Fukui University, Bunkyo3-9-1, Fukui 910-8507, Japan
Abstract
Optical Absorption and luminescence studies have been conducted in Nacl crystals contining various amounts of CdCl 2 in order to investigate the electronic excited states and their lattice relaxation processes in Suzuki superstructure lattice. X-ray diffraction measurements have been also made to confirm the presence of the Suzuki phase and to determine its detailed structure. Two broad absorption structures are observed in the energy region of 4.25-5.0 eV (LE) and of 5.0-6.0 eV (HE). With excitation in the LE region, three emission bands are produced at 2.64 (BG), 3.14 (V) and 3.56(UV1)eV. They are attribute to the Cd 2+ impurity-related centers. In case of excitation in the HE region, two prominent emission bands are observed at 2.76 (B) and 2.08 (Y) eV. Taking into consideration the experimental results of X-ray diffraction, thermal treatment and Cd 2+ concentration dependence, the B- and Y-emission are connected to the STE in Suzuki lattice of small and large sizes, respectively.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Subject
Condensed Matter Physics,Statistical and Nonlinear Physics