Search results for "Exciton"

Excitonic Molecules in AgBr1–xClx Crystals

1994

Structure and luminescence of GaN layers

2001

Abstract GaN films grown on 〈1 1 1〉 Si substrate by means of low pressure MOCVD technique in a horizontal flow quartz reactor are characterized by different thin layer analysis methods. The polycrystalline hexagonal structure of the GaN layers has been checked by means of grazing incidence X-ray diffractometry and IR spectroscopy. Cathodoluminescence (CL) spectra and their time kinetics are studied. The mean decay time of the 3.44 eV UV bound exciton transition is below 1 ns, whereas the 3.26 eV violet band shows a slow hyperbolical decay over about 1 μs. A third yellow band appears at 2.12 eV due to transitions via localized states.

Ultraviolet luminescence of ScPO4, AlPO4 and GaPO4 crystals.

2013

The luminescence of self-trapped excitons (STEs) was previously observed and described for the case of tetragonal-symmetry ScPO4 single crystals. The subject band in this material is situated in the UV spectral range of ?210?nm or ?5.8?eV. In the present work, we are both expanding this earlier luminescence study and seeking to identify similar luminescence phenomena in other orthophosphate crystals, i.e., AlPO4 and GaPO4. These efforts have proven to be successful?in spite of the structural differences between these materials and ScPO4. Specifically we have found that for AlPO4 and GaPO4, in addition to an ?-quartz-like STE, there is a UV luminescence band that is similar in position and d…

Superradiance and Exciton (De)localization in Light-Harvesting Complex II from Green Plants?

2002

Fluorescence quantum yield and fluorescence lifetime measurements were performed on trimeric light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) from spinach in the temperature range 7−293 K. From the results the radiative rate was calculated, which is related to the amount of delocalization of excitations over different pigments because of intermolecular interactions. The emitting dipole strength of LHCII is very similar to that of unbound Chl a, and it appears to be almost independent of temperature. The apparent increase of the radiative rate upon lowering the temperature can largely be explained by the shrinking of the sample. It is concluded that at all temperatures the amount of exciton delocalizatio…

Self-trapped exciton luminescence in crystalline α-quartz under two-photon laser excitation

2003

Abstract The luminescence of pure crystalline α-quartz is studied under pulsed ArF laser excitation. The luminescence parameters obtained correspond well with those of self-trapped excitons (STEs) in α-quartz, indicating that the excitation process is two-photon. The efficiency of two-photon excitation is of the same order of magnitude as the one-photon excitation of sodium salicylate. The STE luminescence decay kinetics and their temperature dependence under photoexcitation were recorded with higher accuracy than previously. Changes in the decay kinetics with temperature are explained by the splitting of the STE triplet state in zero magnetic field and are analyzed with the assumption of t…

Radiation-induced defects and their recombination processes in the x-ray storage phosphor BaBr2:Eu2 

2003

The recombination processes in the x-ray storage phosphor BaBr2:Eu2+ were investigated by optical and magneto-optical methods. A structure-sensitive investigation of the defects involved in the recombination processes was performed by detecting the microwave-induced changes in the recombination luminescence in a high magnetic field. F centres as well as VK hole centres are created after x-irradiation at low temperatures. The low-energy recombination band peaking at about 460 nm is due to F–VK centre recombinations, whereas the two high energy bands at 282 and 315 nm are probably due to recombinations of self-trapped excitons.

Nonlinear optical spectra of conjugated polymers: Effect of long-range coulomb interactions

1993

Abstract Nonlinear optical spectra of conjugated polymers are theoretically studied in the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model supplemented by long-range Coulomb interactions. Excitonic correlation for electron-hole excitations in explicitly taken into account by a standard method. Nonlinear susceptibilities χ (3) are calculated numerically with a standard sum-over-states method for finite chains (up to 1000 sites). Using moderate interaction strength, our calculations can reproduce many distinct features observed in the linear and nonlinear spectra (two-photon absorption, third-harmonic generation, and electroabsorption) of polydiacetylenes and some other polymers. Especially, a hump in the spectru…

<title>Spatial correlation of latent image centers active in photostimulable luminescence of irradiated doped alkali halides</title>

2001

Changes in the photostimulated luminescence (PSL) spectrum of an electron irradiated KBr:Tl single crystal in relation to the A-luminescence spectrum upon direct activator ion excitation in the A-absorption band (AL) are found. Based on the view about the spatial correlation between F and activator hole centers, it is suggested that anion vacancy is an additional perturbing factor fot he activator (Tl+) excited (p-electron) state which is already subject to the dynamical Jahn-Teller effect. Dependences of the PSL efficiency on activator (In+) concentration in KBr:In samples irradiated by UV-light (6.30-6.45 eV), X-rays (30 keV or electrons (5.6 keV), are compared. The possible role of 6.45 …

A size dependent discontinuous decay rate for the exciton emission in ZnO quantum dots

2014

The time resolved UV-fluorescence in ZnO quantum dots has been investigated using femtosecond laser spectroscopy. The measurements were performed as a function of particle size for particles between 3 and 7 nm in diameter, which are in the quantum confined regime. A red shift in the fluorescence maximum is seen while increasing the particle size, which correlates with the shift in band gap due to quantum confinement. The energy difference between the UV-fluorescence and the band gap does, however, increase for the smaller particles. For 3.7 nm particles the fluorescence energy is 100 meV smaller than the band gap energy, whereas it is only 20 meV smaller for the largest particles. This indi…

CHLOROPHYLL a AGGREGATES IN HYDROCARBON SOLUTION, A PICOSECOND SPECTROSCOPY AND MOLECULAR MODELING STUDY

1993

Chlorophyll a aggregates in 3-methylpentane solution have been studied by using picosecond absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy and molecular modeling. Chlorophyll a aggregates give rise to reversible temperature changes in the absorption and fluorescence spectra. Time-dependent anisotropies were used to estimate rotational correlation times of the aggregates. These were indicative of the sizes of the aggregates. The rotational diffusion of the monomer and the two identified aggregates was hydrodynamic over the viscosity range studied (0.29–1.8 cP). Molecular mechanics calculations were used to predict the minimum energy structures of several chlorophyll a dimers suggested earlier in th…