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Title: Ultraviolet photoelectron spectra of cesium halides

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., B; (United States)

Energy distributions of photoelectrons from evaporated films of cesium halides were measured at photon energies of 11 to 23 eV. The photoelectron spectra show structures that can be identified as relatively high densities of states in the Cs/sup +/ 5p core as well as in the valence and conduction bands. Doublet core states due to spin-orbit splitting are observed for all the cesium halides. The bandwidths of these states are 3.1 +- 0.3 eV for CsCl, CsBr, CsI, and 4.0 +- 0.3 eV for CsF. The valence-band widths for CsCl, CsBr, CsI, and CsF are found to be 1.8 +- 0.3, 2.1 +- 0.3, 2.4 +- 0.3, and 1.7 +- 0.3 eV, respectively. The energy distribution curves of CsBr indicate a valence-band splitting of 0.5 +- 0.2 Ev, which is consistent with the spin-orbit splitting of the Br (4p) atomic state. The photoelectron spectra also show the triplet structure associated with the excitation from the I/sup -/ 5p band of CsI as reported recently by DiStefano and Spicer. Some evidence of core-exciton decay can be seen in the spectra of CsCl. The photoemission results are used to estimate the binding energies of the GAMMA core excitons of cesium halides. (auth)

Research Organization:
Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu
OSTI ID:
7366378
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., B; (United States), Vol. 12:12
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English