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Published on: October 9, 2012
Electronic excitations in B12As2 and their temperature dependence by vacuum ultraviolet ellipsometry
1H H Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK. phsdbh@bristol.ac.uk
Abstract:
The dielectric response function of epitaxial B(12)As(2) films on 4H-SiC was determined at room temperature and at 10 K in the spectral region of 3.6-9.8 eV, i.e., in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) spectral region, by synchrotron ellipsometry. The experimental dielectric function was simulated with the critical point parabolic band model. The parameters of the dispersive structures were derived by numerical fitting of the experimental data to the proposed model. New high energy optical transitions are resolved at 5.95, 7.8 and 8.82 eV and their lineshape and origin are discussed. The temperature dependence of the critical point energies and transition strengths was determined, and the excitonic effect is considered.
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