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Gap Energies, Exciton Binding Energies and Band Offsets in Ternary ZnMgSe Compounds and ZnSe/ZnMgSe Heterostructures
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1997
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Optical MaterialsEngineeringOptoelectronic DevicesChemistryExciton Binding EnergiesPhotoelectron SpectraSemiconductor NanostructuresSemiconductorsIi-vi SemiconductorElectronic DevicesOptical PropertiesQuantum MaterialsBand OffsetsCompound SemiconductorPhotoluminescenceValence Band OffsetPhysicsGap EnergiesTopological HeterostructuresOptoelectronic MaterialsSemiconductor MaterialTransition Metal ChalcogenidesNatural SciencesApplied PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsMultilayer HeterostructuresOptoelectronics
Measurements of optical and photoelectron spectra are presented to determine the band offsets of ZnSe/Zn1—xMgxSe heterostructures. The samples are grown on GaAs(001) by MBE and investigated by absorption, photoreflection, photoluminescence, photoluminescence-excitation and photoelectron spectroscopy using a synchrotron light source. In the visible spectra discrete excitonic states are observed at the Eo and E0 + Δ0 gap up to a composition of x ≤ 0.36. The optical transitions of ZnSe/Zn1—xMgxSe single quantum wells are fitted to a model. It contains the conduction band offset as the only free parameter, which is then determined by a least-squares fit of the data. Photoelectron spectra (UPS) are measured on ZnSe which was in situ deposited on MgSe in several monolayer thickness. The valence band edges of ZnSe and MgSe are simultaneously observable and thus a direct determination of the valence band offset was possible. The values of the band offsets from the two different methods agree reasonably well within the errors of the measurements. Different from other systems ZnSe/Zn1—xMgxSe does not fulfil the common anion rule, which may be due to the filled d-shell of Zn which is lacking in Mg.