Electron-phonon interaction of color centers in MgF2 and LiF-O,OH crystals

Abstract

Low-temperature absorption spectra at temperatures of range of 7.2–300 K in MgF2 and LiF-O,OH crystals were studied to investigate the electron-phonon interaction of radiation-induced color centers in these crystals. The coupling strength (S) with the phonons of the lattice of electronic-vibrational transitions was determined from the ratio of intensities in the zero-phonon line and the integrated absorption band. The nature of the color centers associated eith the absorption band at 390 nm and the emission at 490 nm in LiF-O,OH crystals and for the absorption band at 370 nm and the emission at 420 nm in MgF2 crystals was determined from value of S.