The Cd-annealing effects on Cd_1-xZn_xTe wafers were studied by means of IR transmission and micro-Raman spectrum. The experiments and theoretical analysis demonstrated that the free carrier absorption related to the Cd vacancies resulted in the IR extinction as observed in the transmission spectra. The Raman spectra showed that Raman scattering is a more sensitive method to detect the fine Te precipitates in the Cd_1-xZn_xTe substrates. The Raman scattering peaks related to the Te precipitates could be found in both the as grown and the annealed samples. The relative intensity of the Te scattering peaks became weaker after Cd-annealing. This result also indicated that it was quite difficult to eliminate the fine Te precipitates entirely through annealing process.

Date Published: 5 December 2002
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 4795, Materials for Infrared Detectors II, (5 December 2002); doi: 10.1117/12.451924

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 4795:
Materials for Infrared Detectors II
Randolph E. Longshore; Sivalingam Sivananthan, Editor(s)