Temperature dependence of anomalous luminescence decay: Theory and experiment

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 1551021-1551027

  Mihokova E ^a   Schulman, L S ^b   Nikl, M ^a   Gaveau, B ^c   Polak K ^a   Nitsch, K ^a   Zimmerman, D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL; HALIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 4644319187     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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