Subnanosecond transient studies of intrinsic and extrinsic luminescence in CdSe
The photoluminescence spectrum and transient behaviour of free and bound excitons in CdSe have been studied with both resonant and above band-gap excitation. The free- and bound-exciton lifetimes were found to be excitation-intensity dependent even at very low levels. In all cases, the free-exciton luminescence decayed more rapidly than that of the bound excitons. A comparison of the no-phonon and longitudinal-optic-phonon replicas of the free-exciton luminescence indicates that the observed doublet structure of the no-phonon spectrum arises from the two polariton branches. Resonant excitation of the donor and acceptor bound excitons revealed two-electron and two-hole replicas, respectively. We believe these to be the first reported two-hole transitions in CdSe. The initial rapid cooling of the free-exciton gas could be observed in a series of time-resolved spectra.