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Biswajit Bhattacharyya1, Kushagra Gahlot2, Ranjani Viswanatha2,3
1Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore-560012, India.
Abstract:
We study the optical properties of copper containing II-VI alloy quantum dots (CuxZnyCd1-x-ySe). Copper mole fractions within the host are varied from 0.001 to 0.35. No impurity phases are observed over this composition range, and the formation of secondary phases of copper selenide are observed only at xCu > 0.45. The optical absorption and emission spectra of these materials are observed to be a strong function of xCu, and provide information regarding composition induced impurity-impurity interactions. In particular, the integrated cross section of optical absorption per copper atom changes sharply (from 1 × 10 -2 nm3 to 4 × 10 -2 nm3) at xCu = 0.12, suggesting a composition induced change in local electronic structure. These materials may serve as model systems to understand the electronic structure of I-III-VI2 semiconductor compounds.
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