Title: Spectroscopic ellipsometry study of optical transitions in Zn1−xCoxO alloys
Abstract: Zn 1−x Co x O (x⩽0.22) films were prepared on (0001)-oriented Al2O3 substrates by rf magnetron sputtering. The alloys show wurtzite crystal structure with the c-axis lattice constant increasing with increasing x. The optical properties of the samples were measured by spectroscopic ellipsometry at room temperature in the 1.5–5 eV photon energy region. As x increases, the optical band gap absorption edge (E0) of the alloys shows a redshift from that of pure ZnO, reaching 350 meV for x=0.22. The excitonic character of the E0 edge is gradually reduced as x increases and is replaced by the three-dimensional critical-point shape. Optical absorption structures are also observed below the E0 edge near 2 eV and interpreted as due to the transitions between the crystal-field-split 3d levels of tetrahedral Co2+ ions substituting Zn2+ ions.
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-08-19
Language: en
Type: article
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