Abstract
The optical spectroscopic properties of layered oxychalcogenide semiconductors LnCuOCh (Ln=La, Pr, and Nd; Ch=S or Se) on epitaxial films were thoroughly investigated near the fundamental energy band edges. Free exciton emissions were observed for all the films between 300 and ∼30 K. In addition, a sharp emission line, which was attributed to bound excitons, appeared below ∼80 K. The free exciton energy showed a nonmonotonic relationship with lattice constant and was dependent on lanthanide and chalcogen ion substitutions. These results imply that the exciton was confined to the (Cu2Ch2)2− layer. Anionic and cationic substitutions tune the emission energy at 300 K from 3.21 to 2.89 eV and provide a way to engineer the electronic structure in light-emitting devices.
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