STARK EFFECT IN COLOR CENTERS OF ALKALI HALIDES

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作者
RHYNER, CR
CAMERON, JR
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
[2] University of Wisconsin-Kenosha Center, Kenosha, WI
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PHYSICAL REVIEW | 1968年 / 169卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRev.169.710
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The stark effect of the F center in NaCl, NaBr, KCl, KBr, KI, and RbCl, the M center in KCl, and the Z1 center in KCl: Sr was measured using an ac electric field. The fractional change of the absorption coefficient, Δαα, at the peak of the F band, normalized to a Lorentz local field of 200 kV/cm, was found to be approximately 2×10-5 for NaCl and NaBr, 11×10-5 for RbCl, and 17×10-5 for KCl, KBr, and KI. The value of Δαα at the peak of the M band in KCl was (3.9±0.4)×10-5 for an applied electric field of 97 kV/cm. A measurement of the change in the absorption coefficient, Δα, versus photon energy produced a nonsymmetrical curve. This indicates that the effect observed was not the linear Stark effect, and thus provides additional evidence that Seitz's model is incorrect. The absorption coefficient increased at energies lower than the M band, corresponding to a decrease in the absorption coefficient of the M band. The effect is attributed to the mixing of two nondegenerate energy levels of opposite parity. The optical transition to the level of lower energy is normally forbidden. The Z1 center in KCl: Sr did not exhibit a detectable Stark effect. It was determined, however, that Δαα<8×10-6 for an applied electric field of 97 kV/cm. If the Z1 possesses a permanent dipole moment, the difference between the expectation values of dipole moment in the ground state and excited state is less than 1.0×10-20 cgs unit. © 1968 The American Physical Society.
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