Isoelectronic Donors and Acceptors

Abstract

It is reported that a hitherto unexplained optical transition in ZnTe is due to oxygen substituting isoelectronically for Te. A classification of isoelectronic traps into isoelectronic donors and acceptors is made. One striking difference between these two classes is apparent in the phonon sidebands of the $J=1$ and $J=2$ transitions occuring at each center.