The band structure of birefractive CdGa2S4 crystals

In this paper, we report on the spectral dependence of Δn=no−ne for CdGa2S4 single crystals for shorter and longer wavelengths than the isotropic wavelength λ0=485.7 nm (300 K). It was established that Δn is positive at λ>λ0 and it is negative in the spectral range λ<λ0. The isotropic wavelength λ0 exhibits blue spectral shift with temperature decreasing. The ground and excited states of three excitonic series A, B and C with binding energies of 53 meV, 52 meV and 46 meV, respectively, were found out at 10 K. The effective masses of electrons for k=0 were derived from the calculation of excitonic spectra: mc∥(Е∥с)=0.21m0 and mc⊥(Е⊥с)=0.19m0. The holes masses are equal to 0.59m0 and 0.71m0 for Е∥с and Е⊥с, respectively. The value of valence bands splitting, V1−V2, by crystalline field equals 24 meV, and V2−V3 splitting due to the spin-orbital interaction equals to 130 meV. The optical functions n, k, ε1 and ε2 for Е⊥с and Е∥с polarizations were calculated by means of Kramers-Kronig analyses in the energy interval 3-6 eV. The evidenced features are discussed taking into account the results of new theoretical calculations of CdGa2S4 band structure.