Experimental and theoretical study of band structure of InSe andIn1−xGaxSe(x<0.2)under high pressure: Direct to indirect crossovers

2001

This paper reports on the pressure dependence of the absorption edge of indium selenide and ${\mathrm{In}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\mathrm{Ga}}_{x}\mathrm{Se}$ alloys $(xl0.2)$ up to the pressure at which precursor effects of the phase transition prevent further transmission measurements. The absorption edge could be divided into three components exhibiting different pressure coefficients: one corresponding to a direct transition that could be analyzed through the Elliot-Toyozawa theory, and two supplementary edges with quadratic dependence on the photon energy. The first component is attributed to the direct transition at the Z point of the rhombohedral Brillouin zone. One of the quadratic abso…