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Suppression of the anomalous blue shift in the band gap temperature dependence of AgCuGaS{sub 2} alloys

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
It has been known for some time that, at temperatures below 100 K, the band gap of AgGaS{sub 2} exhibits an anomalous blue shift with increase in temperature. We have found that this anomalous blue shift can be suppressed completely by as little as 1% of Cu in AgCuGaS{sub 2} alloys. In conjunction with the disappearance of the blue shift, soft-phonon sidebands to the one-phonon Raman peaks are greatly broadened and no longer resolvable as distinct peaks. Our results are consistent with the suggestion that a soft-phonon mode may be responsible for this anomalous blue shift in AgGaS{sub 2}.
Sponsoring Organization:
(US)
OSTI ID:
40203633
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 23 Vol. 63; ISSN 0163-1829
Publisher:
The American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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