Evaluation of the internal field produced by longitudinal optic phonons in ZnSe crystals
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Measurements of light absorption on ZnSe single crystals, conducted from 80 K to room temperature, show that the forbidden band gap decreases with increasing temperature because of the electron–phonon interaction. It is established for temperatures ranging from 140 to 320 K that longitudinal optic (LO) and acoustic (A) phonons operate simultaneously and exclusively so that [Formula: see text]. The first term, resulting from the Franz–Keldysh effect applied to the mean square field produced by LO phonons, provides the value of this field. It reaches 105 V cm−1 at room temperature.