Growth, Spectroscopy and Photorefractive Investigation of Vanadium Doped CdSSe

We present two-wave mixing results obtained with a CdS(0.8)Se(0.2):V crystal. The CdS(0.8)Se(0.2):V crystal was grown by physical vapor transport (PVT) along with a concentration of 150 ppm (nominal) vanadium for creating trap centers. The as-grown crystal has a large crystal size, good optical quality, and a medium resistivity of 10(exp 6) - 108 ohms-cm. A large photorefractive gain coefficient of ().24 cm-' was observed at 633 nm with an optical intensity of 60 mW/cm(exp 2) and a grating period of 1.6 microns. To our knowledge, this is the first observation of the photorefractive effect in a vanadium doped CdSSe crystal. Room temperature absorption and low temperature photoluminescence spectroscopy measurements are also discussed. With a significant photorefractive effect, the CdSSe:V crystals are promising for device applications based on photorefractive effect, in the wavelength range of 600-700 nm.