Raman study of ZnxBe1-xSe alloy (100) epitaxial layers

Long wavelength longitudinal optical (LO) and transverse optical (TO) phonons of BeSe and ZnxBe1-xSe layers are identified in a wide composition range by using Raman spectroscopy. A two-mode behavior is clearly evidenced. As predicted by the dielectric model of Hon and Faust, the eigenfrequencies of the BeSe- and ZnSe-like LO modes correspond to the maxima of Im <-epsilon(omega, x)(-1)>. Excellent agreement is obtained with a model where the calculations are performed by using the equations of motion and polarization derived from the modified random element isodisplacement model. Besides, the TO and LO frequencies for BeSe are determined to be 501 and 579 cm(-1), respectively. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)04030-4].