Photoluminescent Determination of the Fundamental Gap for the Ferromagnetic Semiconductor CdCr2Se4

Abstract
Photoluminescence has been used to elucidate the electronic structure of the ferromagnetic semiconductor CdCr2 Se4. Luminescence spectra and decay have been measured and analyzed as a function of temperature and the quantum efficiency has been determined at 77 K. The data indicate that the observed emission results from conduction-band to valence-band transitions and place the fundamental gap at 1.8 eV.