OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CDSE AND ZNO SINGLE CRYSTALS.

Abstract

The optical properties of CdSe and ZnO single crystals have been determined from reflectivity measurements in the range of photon energies 2.5 - 14 electron volts. The measurements were made in a one meter vacuum monochromator using a hydrogen emission source. The crystals were grown from the vapor phase and consisted of platelets (CdSe) and bulk prisms (ZnO). The optical constants, n and k, and the real and imaginary parts of the dielectric constant were derived from the reflectivity measurements by a Kramers-Kronig analysis. The observed spectrum of CdSe is in good agreement with previously reported results of Cardona. The observed ZnO spectrum corressponds with similar results reported for other II-VI wurtzite semiconductors. The peaks have been interpreted as direct interband transitions in terms of an analogous zinc-blende energy band structure. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0617923

Entities

People

  • John Sherman Dewitt

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Band Structures
  • Crystals
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Energy Bands
  • Measurement
  • Optical Properties
  • Reflectivity
  • Semiconductors
  • Single Crystals
  • Spectra
  • Vapor Phases

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene