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Intracenter luminescence (IL) of Mn2+ in Zn1-xMn xSe (x = 0.07, 0.02) was studied under pulsed excitation by the neodymium laser second harmonic. At 4 K, the IL saturation originates from the nonlinearity of the system only at the instant of excitation, the IL decay kinetics after the exciting pulse termination depending only weakly on the pumping level. At 77 K, the decay kinetics in Zn0.93MN 0.07Se depends substantially on the pumping level, because the migration of intracenter excitation over the manganese ions initiates up-conversion, which is a slow nonlinear process. As shown by IL decay measurements in Zn0.98Mn0.02Se (x = 0.02), excitation migration over the Mn2+ ions is insignificant even at a high temperature and under strong optical pumping.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1435-1439
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics of the Solid State
Volume45
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2003

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  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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