Raman spectroscopy and selective pair luminescence were used to invest
igate the compensation processes in ZnSe:N. The most important shallow
donor; could be identified, the existence of a deeper donor, which do
minates the compensation at high doping levels, could be verified and
an estimation of its ionisation energy is given (E(D)(d) approximate t
o 43 meV). The shift and broadening of the longitudinal optical phonon
due to the coupling to the free hole gas permits one to investigate t
he carrier concentration and mobility by Raman spectroscopy. Their dep
endence on temperature as well as on nitrogen concentration is display
ed.