Abstract
Photoresponse measurements were made to determine the compositional dependence of the AlxGa1−xSb direct and indirect energy gaps. Three different valence‐to‐conduction‐band transitions have been identified, with threshold energies of 0.69, 0.77, and 1.11 eV for GaSb, and 1.51, 1.75, and 2 eV for AlSb. The direct conduction‐band minimum is found to be the lowest conduction‐band minimum in the composition range 0?x<0.25.
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