Phonon scattering of excitons and biexcitons in ZnO

The phase relaxation time of biexcitons T-2(bi) and that of excitons T-2(ex) in a bulk ZnO have been measured by the use of femtosecond four-wave mixing as functions of excitation wavelength, excitation power, and temperature. The biexciton-acoustic phonon interaction coefficient has been determined to be beta(ac)(bi)approximate to53 mueV/K as an average value. For A excitons, the interaction coefficients with acoustic and optical phonons have been determined to be beta(ac)(ex)approximate to8.4 mueV/K and beta(opt)(ex)approximate to14 meV, respectively. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.