Optical transitions in (ZnCo)Se and (ZnFe)Se: Role of an effective p–d exchange (invited)

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In this paper we discuss photoluminescence (PL) and Raman excitations in the diluted magnetic semiconductors Zn1−xCoxSe and Zn1−xFexSe. The PL spectra associated with isolated crystal field d levels are found to rapidly weaken and/or broaden as the transition metal ion concentration approaches and increases beyond a critical value. In addition a Raman continuum, that overlaps with the optical phonon, is observed to develop when the PL features are modified. In the corresponding Zn1−xCoxSe samples the optical phonons acquire a characteristic Fano line shape suggestive of its coupling to the Raman continuum. It is proposed that these changes to the optical transitions arise from the enhancement of an effective p–d hybridization between low‐lying d levels and band electrons with increasing x—an effect largely due to the proximity of the Co2+ and Fe2+ crystal field ground levels to the valence band maximum.

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