Luminescence of fluctuation tails of disordered solid solutions

Abstract

The form of the stationary luminescence spectra of excitons, localized by composition fluctuations, in disordered solid solutions under weak excitation is calculated. The tail states for which there are no nonradiative transition channels are distinguished by means of continuum percolation theory. Such states are responsible for the “zero-phonon” luminescence band. The shape of the short-wavelength luminescence band edge is determined mainly by the number of isolated localizing clusters and their smallest complexes, which decreases rapidly near the mobility threshold. The real luminescence spectrum is due to the simultaneous emission of phonons. The phonon emission determines the form of the long-wavelength wing of the emission band. The computed shape of the emission spectrum is compared with the experimental luminescence spectra of the solid solution CdS(1−c)Sec.