Temporary Bleaching of Color Centers in KCl Crystal

Complex color centers of M , R and N in KCl crystal are found to be temporarily bleached under an intense auxiliary F -light illumination. The generations of M ', R ' and N ' centers consisting of complex centers and one more electron are suggested. The thermal stabilities of these F '-type centers are also investigated. In KCl crystals containing only F centers, F ' centers decay thermally by the bimolecular process and the electron trapping cross section of a negative ion vacancy is found to be twice that of F center at near -70°C.