Polariton and free-exciton-like photoluminescence in ZnO
Date
2001-12-03Author
Reynolds, D. C.
Look, D. C.
Jogai, B.
Collins, T. C.
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An unusual photoluminescence line X has been observed in ZnO at an energy between that of the common donor-bound excitons (DBEs) and the free excitons (FEs). In the presence of a high carrier concentration, induced by a second below-band gap laser, the DBEs decrease in intensity, due to screening, and both the FEs and X increase. Thus, X has free-exciton, rather than bound-exciton, character. However, its electric-field vector lies in the plane perpendicular to the c axis, as is also found for the DBEs. The appearance of X is discussed in terms of the polariton picture.
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Reynolds, D. C., Look, D. C., Jogai, B., & Collins, T. C. (2001). Polariton and free-exciton-like photoluminescence in ZnO. Applied Physics Letters, 79(23), 3794-3796. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1412435