Photoluminescence Studies in CuAlS2 Crystals

Abstract
Photoluminescence (PL) measurements have been carried out at low temperature (77 and 10 K) on CuAlS2 crystals grown by the chemical vapor transport method. Seven sharp PL lines have been observed near the band edge. Based on the photoreflectance measurements, the PL line at 3.550 eV has been assigned to a free exciton emission. The lines at 3.540, 3.532, 3.500 and 3.475 eV are tentatively assigned to the bound excitons, and they are discussed in terms of the crystal composition and the annealing conditions. This study also refers to the PL lines and peaks at about 2.9 eV.

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