EXCITONIC LINE BROADENING IN BULK GROWN CD1-XZNXTE

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OETTINGER, K [1 ]
HOFMANN, DM [1 ]
EFROS, AL [1 ]
MEYER, BK [1 ]
SALK, M [1 ]
BENZ, KW [1 ]
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[1] UNIV FREIBURG,INST KRISTALLOG,W-7800 FREIBURG,GERMANY
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10.1063/1.350798
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Cd1-xZnxTe crystals grown by the traveling heater method have been investigated by low-temperature photoluminescence. The excitonic energy gap as a function of the alloy composition was determined over the complete range of x = 0 to x = 1. The composition dependent broadening of the neutral acceptor bound exciton (A 0X) line was determined. Theoretical calculations, where the A 0X exciton is treated within the pseudodonor model and the conduction/valence band offset between CdTe and ZnTe is taken into account, give close agreement with the experiment for x less-than-or-equal-to 0.77. Evidence for clustering of Zn atoms is found for x greater-than-or-equal-to 0.77.
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