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T1 - Peculiarities of the triplet relaxed excited-state structure and luminescence of a CsI:Tl crystal
AU - Nagirnyi, V.
AU - Stolovich, A.
AU - Zazubovich, S.
AU - Zepelin, Viktor
AU - Mihokova, E.
AU - Nikl, M.
AU - Pazzi, G. P.
AU - Salvini, L.
PY - 1995/5
Y1 - 1995/5
N2 - Four emission bands, all belonging to the main thallium centres, have been detected in CsI:Tl, and their spectral, polarization and kinetic characteristics have been studied at 0.35-320 K. A new model is proposed for the excited states responsible for the luminescence of thallium-doped caesium iodide. In this model, the main thallium centre is considered as a cluster consisting of a Tl+ ion and at least 12 I- and 11 Cs+ ions. Two weak ultraviolet emission bands of CsI:TI (3,31 and 3.09 eV) are ascribed to electronic transitions from trigonal and tetragonal Jahn-Teller minima of the tripler relaxed excited state, whose structure is similar to that of Tl+ centres in Fee alkali halides. Two intense visible bands (2.55 and 2.25 eV) are assumed to arise from two different ('weak' and 'strong') off-centre configurations of a self-trapped exciton perturbed by the Tl+ ion. The minima responsible for all the emission bands are located on the same adiabatic potential energy surface. The excitonic-like nature of visible emission could explain the high scintillation efficiency of CsI:Tl.
AB - Four emission bands, all belonging to the main thallium centres, have been detected in CsI:Tl, and their spectral, polarization and kinetic characteristics have been studied at 0.35-320 K. A new model is proposed for the excited states responsible for the luminescence of thallium-doped caesium iodide. In this model, the main thallium centre is considered as a cluster consisting of a Tl+ ion and at least 12 I- and 11 Cs+ ions. Two weak ultraviolet emission bands of CsI:TI (3,31 and 3.09 eV) are ascribed to electronic transitions from trigonal and tetragonal Jahn-Teller minima of the tripler relaxed excited state, whose structure is similar to that of Tl+ centres in Fee alkali halides. Two intense visible bands (2.55 and 2.25 eV) are assumed to arise from two different ('weak' and 'strong') off-centre configurations of a self-trapped exciton perturbed by the Tl+ ion. The minima responsible for all the emission bands are located on the same adiabatic potential energy surface. The excitonic-like nature of visible emission could explain the high scintillation efficiency of CsI:Tl.
KW - SELF-TRAPPED-EXCITON
KW - ALKALI-HALIDE CRYSTALS
KW - DECAY KINETICS
KW - OPTICAL-PROPERTIES
KW - HIGH-PRESSURE
KW - EMISSION
KW - IN+
KW - KI
KW - ABSORPTION
KW - CSBR
U2 - 10.1088/0953-8984/7/18/026
DO - 10.1088/0953-8984/7/18/026
M3 - Journal article
VL - 7
SP - 3637
EP - 3653
JO - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
JF - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
SN - 0953-8984
IS - 18
ER -