Effect of Gamma Irradiation on Structural and Optical Properties of CdMnTe Epitaxial Thin Films

Abstract:

Cd_1-0.06Mn_0.06Te epitaxial thin films were synthesis on glass substrates by the Molecular Beam Condensation (MBC) method in the vacuum evaporation equipment УВН-71-ПЗ with steam-oil pumping and nitrogen trap at working pressure of residual gas (1÷2)x10^-4 Pa. By using additional source of Te vapor and controlling temperature, it has been determined the optimum conditions for obtaining Cd_1-0.06Mn_0.06Te epitaxial films with a perfect structure, clean and smooth surface, without of second phase inclusions. XRD investigations showed that Cd_1-0.06Mn_0.06Te epitaxial films grow on glass substrates on the (111) plane of the face-centered cubic lattice with the lattice parameter of a = 6.481 Å. Effect of γ-irradiation on XRD spectra of Cd_1-0.06Mn_0.06Te epitaxial films reveals that, XRD patterns of initial and γ-irradiated samples did not show any phase transformations, however there is a variation in relative intensities of diffraction peaks. It has been found that Cd_1-0.06Mn_0.06Te epitaxial films with a film thickness of d=15 µm, absorb light up to a wavelength of λ=765 nm and at λ>765 nm the absorption begins to gradually decrease and then the material becomes transparent. The obtained results indicate that Cd_1-0.06Mn_0.06Te epitaxial films absorb light quanta in the visible and infrared spectral regions. Iirradiation of Cd_1-0.06Mn_0.06Te epitaxial films with γ rays at low irradiation doses leads to a change in the optical parameters, the profile of the spectrum curves and the intrinsic absorption edge. In additions to experimental studies, a theoretical ab initio calculations of band structure (BS) of ideal and defective semiconductors of Cd_1-0.06Mn_0.06Te has been also carried out by using Density Functional Theory (DFT) method via Atomistix ToolKit computer program. The band gap energy has been calculated as E_g = 1.6 eV for ferromagnetic (FM) and E_g = 1.7 eV for antiferromagnetic (AFM) state of Cd_1-0.06Mn_0.06Te compound. The results of theoretical calculations on the band gap energy of ideal and defective Cd_1-0.06Mn_0.06Te semiconductors are in a good agreement with experimental findings.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1119)
• Pages: 3-12
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-bUt1qb
• Online since: March 2024
• Authors: Amdulla Mekhrabov, Matanat Mehrabova*
• Keywords: CdMnTe, Defect, DFT, Morphology, Optical, Thin Film, XRD, γ-Irradiation

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