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Photoluminescence Studies of [(CdSe)1(ZnSe)2]9-ZnSeTe Multiple Quantum Wells Under High Pressure

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We have performed photoluminescence (PL) measurements at liquid nitrogen temperature under high pressure up to 5.5 GPa and in the temperature range 10-300 K at atmospheric pressure on (ZnSe)30(ZnSe0.92Te0.08)30(ZnSe)30[(CdSe)1(ZnSe)2]9×5 multiple quantum wells. The PL peaks, EB, E1 and Ew corresponding to the band edge luminescence in ZnSe barrier layer, the transitions from the first conduction subband to the heavy-hole subband in ZnSe0.92Te0.08 layers and [(CdSe)1(ZnSe)2]9 ultra short period superlattice quantum well (SPSLQW) layers have been observed. Experimental results show that ZnSe0.92Te0.08/ZnSe forms a type-I superlattice (SL) in contrast to the type-II ZnSe/ZnTe SL. The pressure coefficients of the EB, E1 and Ew exciton peaks have been determined as 67, 63 and 56 meV/GPa, respectively. With increasing temperature (or pressure), the E1 peak-intensity drastically decreases which is attributed to the thermal effect (or the appearance of many defects in ZnSe0.92Te0.08 under higher pressure).

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  1. Institute of Semiconductors, Academia Sinica, Beijing, 100083, P. O. Box 912, China

    Z. P. Wang, Z. X. Liu, H. X. Han, J. Q. Zhang & G. H. Li

  2. Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Academia Sinica, Shanghai, 200083, China

    Z. L. Peng & S. X. Yuan

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Wang, Z.P., Liu, Z.X., Han, H.X. et al. Photoluminescence Studies of [(CdSe)1(ZnSe)2]9-ZnSeTe Multiple Quantum Wells Under High Pressure. MRS Online Proceedings Library 358, 1017 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-358-1017

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