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    • Keywords

       

      Bridgman growth; CdZnTe; Zn distribution; solid state diffusion.

    • Abstract

       

      One of the most pressing issues in the growth of high quality single crystal Cd0.96Zn0.04Te material, is to achieve homogenization of the high axial variation of Zn concentration, caused by the larger than unity segregation coefficient of Zn in CdTe. This is achieved in our crystals

      1. by thermal annealing of the CdZnTe crystal, which redistributes the as grown Zn distribution by solid state diffusion of Zn (this solid state diffusion of Zn occurs at three stages

      2. during the growth when the solidified crystal is near to the melting point temperature,

      3. during the post growth annealing of the crystal at a high temperature and

      4. during the cooldown to room temperature) and

    • by the reduction of Zn segregation during the growth stage by enhanced convective mixing of the melt, through a proper choice of ampoule and furnace dimensions.

      • By adopting suitable growth parameters and sufficient post growth annealing it has been possible to grow Cd0.96Zn0.04Te crystals, which have nearly 75% of their fraction within 1% Zn concentration variation.

  • Author Affiliations

     

    J K Radhakrishnan1 B S Sunderseshu1 Meenakshi Srivastava1 G L Seth1 R Raman1 R C Narula1 R K Bagai1

    1. Solid State Physics Laboratory, Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi 110 054, India

  • Dates

     
    Published
    December 2001
    Manuscript received
    24 May 2001
    Manuscript revised
    28 September 2001

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