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Magnetically Stabilized Luminescent Excitations in Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Magnetically stabilized luminescence is observed in hexagonal boron nitride.
The luminescence is induced by absorption of cold neutrons and is in the
visible region. In the absence of a magnetic field, the photon emission level
is observed to decay over several hundred seconds. A fraction of this
luminescence can be suppressed if the temperature is T <~ 0.6 K and the
magnetic field is B >~ 1.0 T. Subsequent to irradiation and suppression,
luminescence can be induced by an increase in T or lowering of B. Possible
explanations include stabilization of triplet states or the localization and
stabilization of excitons.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures, to appear in the Journal of Luminescenc