Growth and characteristics of ZnTe single crystal for THz technology

  • Reng Wang*
  • , Weizheng Fang
  • , Pei Zhao
  • , Lei Zhang
  • , Jin Ge
  • , Shixin Yuan
  • , Huier Zhang
  • , Shuhong Hu
  • , Ning Dai
  • , Xiaoshu Chen
  • , Xiaojun Wu
  • , Shan He
  • , Gang Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

ZnTe single crystals were grown perfectly by employing the Te-solution method. X-ray diffraction was introduced to investigate the crystals, and (110) oriented crystals of 10 mm × 10 mm size were obtained. The transmittance is about 61% in range of 2.5-20 mm, as measured with a Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer. The visible and near-infrared spectrum show that the ZnTe band-gap is about 2.24 eV. Moreover, a THz pulse was emitted and detected on a ZnTe single crystal by means of a femto-second Ti: sapphire amplifier system. The THz radiation signal has a pulse width of about 0.18 ps and frequency bandwidth of 5 THz.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)940-943
Number of pages4
JournalPan Tao Ti Hsueh Pao/Chinese Journal of Semiconductors
Volume29
Issue number5
StatePublished - May 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • THz
  • Te-solution method
  • X-ray diffraction
  • ZnTe crystal

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