Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 January 2011
Photoluminescence (PL) measurements were performed on p-Cd0.96Zn0.04Te single crystals to investigate the dependence of the excitons on temperature. The activation energies and the longitudinal acoustic parameters of the excitons were determined from the temperature dependence of the PL spectra and were in reasonable agreement with the theoretical calculations. These results can help improve understanding for the application of p-CdxZn1–xTe single crystals in optoelectronic devices.