Effect of Sn on the optical band gap determined using absorption spectrum fitting method

Journal Article · Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4915429· OSTI ID:22391747

Heera, Pawan ^[1]; Kumar, Anup ^[1]; Sharma, Raman ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, INDIA, 171005 (India)

We report the preparation and the optical studies on tellurium rich glasses thin films. The thin films of Se{sub 30}Te{sub 70-x} Sn{sub x} system for x= 0, 1.5, 2.5 and 4.5 glassy alloys prepared by melt quenching technique are deposited on the glass substrate using vacuum thermal evaporation technique. The analysis of absorption spectra in the spectral range 400nm–4000 nm at room temperature obtained from UV-VIS-NIR spectrophotometer [Perkin Elmer Lamda-750] helps us in the optical characterization of the thin films under study. The absorption spectrum fitting method is applied by using the Tauc’s model for estimating the optical band gap and the width of the band tail of the thin films. The optical band gap is calculated and is found to decrease with the Sn content.

• OSTI ID: 22391747
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1661, Issue 1; Conference: ICCMP 2014: International Conference on Condensed Matter Physics 2014, Shimla (India), 4-6 Nov 2014; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ABSORPTION SPECTRA
INFRARED SPECTRA
METALLIC GLASSES
QUENCHING
SELENIUM TELLURIDES
SPECTROPHOTOMETRY
SUBSTRATES
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
THIN FILMS
TIN COMPOUNDS
ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA
VISIBLE SPECTRA