Electron hole capture centers in an irradiated K₂SO₄-Cu crystal

Abstract

The methods of vacuum ultraviolet and thermal activation spectroscopy were used to measure the excitation spectra of impurity radiation in the fundamental absorption band of K2SO4-Cu crystals at 15 K and 300 K. An energy transfer was detected from the base to Cu+ impurities. The band gap of crystals K2SO4 was estimated. In K2SO4-Cu crystals, recombination radiation bands were detected at 2.95 ÷ 3.0 eV corresponding to electron hole capture centers.

Keywords

• photon
• electron
• hole
• tunnel luminescence
• recombination
• band gap