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Instrumental Methods for Absorption Spectroscopy in Solids

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Optical Absorption of Impurities and Defects in Semiconducting Crystals

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Abstract

The electronic absorption of deep centres is generally located at energies higher than the vibrational absorption of impurity centres, which remains situated in the infrared region of the spectrum. This latter absorption can even go down to the very far infrared when it is associated with pseudo-rotational modes.

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    In the pump-probe geometry, the two beams are crossed.

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Pajot, B., Clerjaud, B. (2013). Instrumental Methods for Absorption Spectroscopy in Solids. In: Optical Absorption of Impurities and Defects in Semiconducting Crystals. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 169. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18018-7_3

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