Low-temperature visible photoluminescence spectra of Tl2GaInSe4 layered crystals


ABAY B., EFEOĞLU H., YOĞURTÇU Y. K., ALİEVA M.

SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, cilt.16, sa.9, ss.745-749, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2001
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1088/0268-1242/16/9/302
  • Dergi Adı: SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.745-749
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The photoluminescence (PL) spectra of Tl2GaInSe4 layered single crystals has been investigated in the 10-95 K temperature, 0.04-3.98 W cm(-2) excitation laser intensity and 1.75-2.07 eV energy ranges. We have observed an emission band located at 1.912 eV (648 nm) at 10 K for an excitation intensity of 1.40 W cm(-2). The band had a half-width of 0.105 eV and an asymmetric Gaussian line shape. It has been found to red-shift with increasing temperature or decreasing excitation intensity. To explain the observed PL behaviour, we propose that the emission is due to the radiative recombination of a donor-acceptor pair (DAP) with an electron occupying a donor level located at 0.355 eV below the conduction band and a hole occupying an acceptor level located at 0.036 eV above the valance band. The blue-shift of the peak energy and the sub-linear increase of the band intensity for the observed emission band with increasing excitation intensity is explained using the in-homogeneously spaced DAP recombination model.