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Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a compound crystallizing in the wurtzite structure, and has a wide band gap ∼3.4 eV at 300 K. It has been used extensively as a photoconducting and fluorescent material, being effective in the visible-to-UV spectral region. The excellent optical, piezoelectric, and acoustooptic properties of a thin ZnO film also make it possible to fabricate solar cell windows [1], gas sensors [2], surface acoustic wave devices [3], and integrated acoustooptic devices [4]. Optically pumped lasing from ZnO platelets have also been observed at very low pump power (∼4 W/cm2) [5].
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Adachi, S. (1999). Zinc Oxide (ZnO). In: Optical Constants of Crystalline and Amorphous Semiconductors. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5247-5_32
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