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Journal of Applied Physics / Volume 90 / Issue 7 / STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL THERMODYNAMIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CONDENSED MATTER (PACS 61-68, 78)

J. Appl. Phys. 90, 3314 (2001); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1399028 (5 pages)

Sharp-line luminescence and absorption in ZnGeP2

C. I. Rablau and N. C. Giles

Department of Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6315

(Received 14 June 2001; accepted 10 July 2001)

Photoluminescence and optical absorption spectroscopies have been used to study bulk ZnGeP2. Two sharp zero-phonon lines with opposite polarizations are resolved in emission at 1.7849 eV (at 70 K) and 1.7784 eV (at 5 K), respectively. Thermalization occurs between these two lines, suggesting a split excited state of the center. Considerable structural detail is resolved in the vibronic sidebands of these lines, revealing phonon energies of 6.3±0.1 meV and 43.7±0.1 meV. Similar phonon energies are resolved in low-temperature absorption spectra. These results for ZnGeP2 are explained by a model of radiative recombination of excitons bound to an isoelectronic defect center. The observed polarization behavior of the sharp-line spectra can be produced by the built-in tetragonal distortion along the c axis associated with the chalcopyrite structure. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.

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zinc compounds, germanium compounds, phosphorus compounds, photoluminescence, light absorption, vibronic states, excitons, defect states

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1089-7550 (online)

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