Spectral Distribution and Decay Times of the Luminescence of Mn²⁺ on Different Lattice Sites in ZnS

Abstract

Abstract The spectral distribution of both, excitation and emission of luminescence of ZnS:Mn with manganese on different lattice sites is investigated by dye laser spectroscopy. An unambiguous correlation of zero‐phonon lines due to Mn 2+ in cubic and different axial lattice sites is given. The relative oscillator strength of the fluorescent transition of Mn 2+ in different crystal sites is determined by exciting within the zero‐phonon transitions of the absorption and by registering the zero‐phonon lines in emission, which belong to the same lattice sites, respectively.