The Urbach-Martienssen absorption tails in the optical spectra of semiconducting variable-sized zinc selenide and cadmium selenide quantum dots in thin film form

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 367-376

  Pejova, Biljana ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Band gap energy; Cadmium selenide; Optical properties; Quantum dots; Quantum size effects; Semiconductors; Thin films; Urbach Martienssen tails; Zinc selenide

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP ENERGY; CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SELENIDES; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTORS THIN FILMS; ZINC SELENIDE;

ABSORPTION; CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); ENERGY GAP; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; ZINC;

SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 72049084735     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2009.08.064     Document Type: Article

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