Ionized and neutral donor-bound excitons in ZnO

Abstract

We show for ZnO a correlation between the ionized donor bound exciton ${D}^{+}X$ recombinations ${I}_{0}$, ${I}_{1}$, and ${I}_{2}$ and the neutral donor bound exciton ${D}^{0}X$ recombinations ${I}_{6a}$, ${I}_{8}$, and ${I}_{9}$, respectively. The experimental data on the localization energies of ionized and neutral donor bound excitons are compared to theoretical predictions and a good agreement is found. We give an estimate of the localization energies of neutral acceptor bound excitons. One can conclude that the localization energies of neutral donor and acceptor bound excitons in ZnO will be very close in energy and an assignment of transition lines to donors and/or acceptors (in the absence of decisive data from magneto-optics) will not be straightforward.