Abstract

The luminescent properties of CdI2, CdI2:Pb2+, CdI2:Mn2+, and CdI2:Pb2+,Mn2+) crystals have been studied at temperatures from 85 to 295 K under optical and x-ray excitation. Analysis of new and earlier spectroscopic data suggests that the 560-nm luminescence of CdI2:Pb2+ and CdI2:(Pb2+,Mn2+) crystals under excitation on the long-wavelength component of the A absorption band of Pb2+ centers is due to Pb2+-bound anion excitons. The 640-to 660-nm emission of these crystals is attributable to α centers. The manganese luminescence in the codoped material originates from both intracenter Mn2+ excitations and a sensitized process due to energy transfer from the host and Pb2+-related centers. The mechanisms of recombination and energy transfer processes in cadmium iodide crystals codoped with Pb2+ and Mn2+ are discussed.

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