Identification of Urbach, acceptor impurity, and phonon-assisted components of the optical absorption band tail of n-type InSb

G. R. Allan; H. A. MacKenzie; J. J. Hunter; B. S. Wherrett

Identification of Urbach, acceptor impurity, and phonon-assisted components of the optical absorption band tail of n-type InSb

G. R. Allan, H. A. MacKenzie, J. J. Hunter, B. S. Wherrett

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Abstract

New measurements are presented of the interband absorption edge, in the range 0.01 to 100 cm^-1, for uncompensated n-type InSb obtained using a photo-Hall technique. A spectral Urbach edge is observed in the range of sample temperature (20 to 77 K) and it is shown that the form of the experimental results derives from a broadening due to the interaction of acceptor impurity states. A phonon-assisted component is also identified at sample temperatures above 40 K.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	383-389
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physica Status Solidi B - Basic Research
Volume	149
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - Sept 1988

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