Absorption spectra of cobalt-doped α-ZnAl2S4 spinel type single crystals
                
                        
                        S. ANGHEL1,2,*
                            
                        
                    
                    Affiliation
                    
                        
                        - Institute of Applied Physics, Academiei Str. 5, Chişinău, MD-2028, Republic of Moldova
 
                        
                        - Physical Chemistry of Luminescent Materials, Claude Bernard Lyon1 University, UMR 5620 CNRS, La Doua, 69 622 Villeurbanne, France
 
                        
                    
                     
        
        Abstract
        The absorption properties of α-ZnAl2S4:Co spinel type crystals grown by chemical transport reactions method are investigated. The spectra are assigned to the electronic transitions of Co2+ ions located in tetrahedral sites. It is shown that the revealed three absorption spectral components are caused by the transitions from the ground state 4A(4F) to the excited 4T1(4F), 4T1(4P) and 2A(2G) states..
        Keywords
        Sulphide Semiconductors, Co2+ ions, Spinel, Optical absorption.
        Citation
        S. ANGHEL, Absorption spectra of cobalt-doped α-ZnAl2S4 spinel type single crystals, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 5, 10, October 2011, pp.1081-1083 (2011).
        Submitted at: May 26, 2011
 
        Accepted at: Oct. 20, 2011