MOTT, NF and STONEHAM, AM (1977) The lifetime of electrons, holes and excitons before self-trapping. Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics , 10 (17) 3391 - 3398. 10.1088/0022-3719/10/17/022.
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Abstract
In this paper we discuss the self-trapping of a carrier or exciton in an insulator. The qualitative differences between small self-trapped molecular polarons and dielectric polarons are stressed. We point out that, for the formation of a molecular polaron or selftrapped exciton, a potential barrier must be penetrated or surmounted by the configuration coordinate, leading to a delay in the self-trapping process. This does not exist for dielectric polarons. The observable consequence of the delay time before self-trapping is discussed, and applications are made to alkali halides and to SOz.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The lifetime of electrons, holes and excitons before self-trapping |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0022-3719/10/17/022 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/10/17/022 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Text made available to UCL Discovery by kind permission of IOP Publishing, 2012 |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > London Centre for Nanotechnology |
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