Article

Luminescence of copper in a xenon cryomatrix

V. N. SamovarovPhysicotechnical Institute of Low Temperatures, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR , Khar’kovI. Ya. Fugol’Physicotechnical Institute of Low Temperatures, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR , Khar’kovS. I. KhomenkoPhysicotechnical Institute of Low Temperatures, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR , Khar’kov

Soviet Journal of Low Temperature Physicsjournal1983en

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Abstract

We have studied the photoluminescence spectra of copper atoms and molecules isolated in a xenon cryomatrix when they are excited into their lowest excited states. The experimental data demonstrate that the excitation of the atom leads to formation of a multiatomic excimer (CuXe12) in the matrix. The emission spectrum of the copper molecule is controlled by a two-quantum excitation mechanism in the dissociating molecule. The two-quantum process leads to population of excimer states of the same nature as those found upon excitation of the atom.

Topics

Atomic and Molecular Physics Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Magnetism in coordination complexes

Identifiers

DOI: 10.1063/10.0031019

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