Authors
Qasrawi
A. F.
Gasanly
N. M.
Ilaiwi
K. F.
Pages From
15701
Pages To
15701
Journal Name
PHYSICA SCRIPTA
Volume
78
Issue
1
Keywords
GASE SEMICONDUCTOR-DETECTORS; LAYERED CRYSTALS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; EXCITATION; BEAMS
Abstract

The optoelectronic properties of Bridgman method-grown Ga(4)Se(3)S single crystals have been investigated by means of room temperature electrical resistivity, temperature-dependent photosensitivity and temperature-dependent optical absorption. The photosensitivity was observed to increase with decreasing temperature, the illumination dependence of which was found to exhibit monomolecular recombination in the bulk at 300 K. The absorption coefficient, which was calculated in the incident photon energy range of 2.01-2.35 eV, increased with increasing temperature. Consistently, the absorption edge shifts to lower energy values. The fundamental absorption edge corresponds to an indirect allowed transitions energy gap (2.08 eV at 300 K) that exhibits a temperature coefficient of -95 x 10(-4) eVK(-1).