Laser-induced diffusion of oxygen in ZnTe

Abstract
Micro- and millisecond laser annealing of ZnTe monocrystals in a controlled atmosphere shows clearly that oxygen diffuses from an oxygen-rich atmosphere into ZnTe. In the photoluminescence spectra, the typical red oxygen band is observed after annealing. At 2.360 eV, the intense luminescence line from an exciton bound to a Frenkel pair (VZn,Znint) is found.