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Investigations of photoluminescence and Raman scattering in the ternary Zn1-xMgxSe compounds at 4.2 K were performed both in the Stokes and anti-Stokes regions using cw laser excitation with various wavelengths within the transparency band of the crystals. The anti-Stokes luminescence was observed for the first time in the ternary Zn1-xMgxSe compounds. We have found variations in the shape and position of the Stokes and anti-Stokes luminescence bands with an increase in the band gap energy, which depends on magnesium content. We assume that the anti-Stokes emission is generated by two-step excitation via deep-level centers. It is shown that the low-temperature anti-Stokes photoluminescence can probe the spatial distribution profiles of impurities in the bulk of crystals.
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Belov, A.A., Firszt, F., Gorelik, V.S. et al. Low-Temperature Anti-Stokes Luminescence in Zn1-xMgxSe Mixed Crystals. Journal of Russian Laser Research 24, 14–26 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022509223351
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