Abstract:The excitonic mechanism for creation of halogen Frenkel-type defects in alkali halides predicts an early positive curvature in tho defect growth cnrve. The model also predicts that annihilation of VK-centers by the optical release of electrons from traps would produce Frenkel pairs in the halide sublattice. The first prediction has been checked in KCI: TI+ and KCI:Pb++ irradiated at 78 OK with 1.7 MeV Van de Graaff electrons, and thesecondupon ir bleaching of an irradiated Tl+-doped crystal a t 78 "K. If one t… Show more
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