Abstract
The absorption, MCD, and emission spectra associated with the nearest neighbour Ni2+ pairs in KMgF3 and KZnF3 have been studied and analysed on the basis of the theory which includes spin dependent excitation transfer as well as spin independent transfer. It is shown that excitation transfers are important in determining the pair energy levels for the case where the singleion states involve orbital degeneracy. The antiferromagnetic J value of the ground state is determined to be 68 cm-1.