Abstract
AbstractThe optical bleaching of the 2.3 and 2.9 eV bands related to the F+ centers in the electron‐irradiated and Zn‐treated ZnS crystals are measured from 25 K to room temperature under illumination of light from 395 to 702 nm. It is found that the 2.9 eV band is bleached in exactly the same manner as the 2.3 eV band and that under illumination of light around 2.9 eV, these bands are bleached with a decay constant independent of temperature, while under illumination of light around 2.3 eV, they are bleached by two stages, where the first stage has a decay constant independent of temperature and the second stage has a decay constant with an activation energy of (49 ± 5) meV. These bands are confirmed to be due to the same defects. It is deduced that the 2.3 eV absorption band is due to the transition of electrons from the ground state to the lower excited state located (49 ± 5) meV below the conduction band, while the 2.9 eV band is due to the transition to the higher excited state located in or closely below the conduction band.
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