Optical functions and electronic structure of CuInSe2, CuGaSe2, CuInS2, and CuGaS2 - art. no. 075203

We report on the complex dielectric tensor components of four chalcopyrite semiconductors in an optical energy range (1.4-5.2 eV, from 0.9 eV for CuIn Se2) determined at room temperature by spectroscopic ellipsometry. Our resu lts were obtained on single crystals of CuInSe2, CuGaSe2, CuInS2, and CuOaS (2). Values of refractive indices n, extinction coefficients k, and normal- incidence reflectivity R in the two different polarizations are given and c ompared with earlier data where available. Wt: analyze in detail the struct ures of the dielectric function observed in the studied energy region. Crit ical-point parameters of electronic transitions are obtained from a fitting of numerically calculated second-derivative spectra d(2)epsilon(omega)/d o mega (2). Experimental energies and polarizations are discussed on the basi s of published band-structure calculations.