Mollwo-Ivey relations for emission bands in copper doped alkali halides

Abstract

The fluorescence spectra were measured of nine alkali halides with a low concentration of monovalent copper. Relations analogous to Mollwo-Ivey law for F-centers and for lead doped alkali halides were found to be satisfied by the measured wavelengths corresponding to the emission band maxima. The Stokes shifts, however, were here essentially larger as compared to those of lead doped alkali halides. Their order of magnitude is about the same as for F-centers.