In this paper, recent results on band A emission in chemical vapor-dep
osited diamond films have been analyzed within a vibronic model. The b
lue-band A (2.8 eV) spectra from undoped diamond films grown by two di
fferent techniques have been simulated using the same phonon density d
istribution g(Omega) and Huang-Rhys factor (S). The same g(Omega) at h
igher S gives a good fit with the green band A (2.32 eV) as well. This
model provides a reasonable alternative approach to the long standing
donor-acceptor pair recombination model.