Frenkel excitons and band structure in Sb2S3 single crystals

Abstract

Anisotropy of optical properties of Sb2S3 single crystals was investigated at 11 and 300 K. Ground and excited states of four excitonic states (A, B, C and D) were found out. Parameters of observed excitons and bands V1 – V4 were determined. In Γ point of Brillouin zone the effective masses of electrons in the bottom conduction band (mc* = 1.08m0) and of holes in four top valence bands (mv1*, mv2* = 2.91m0 and mv3*, mv4* = 3.12m0) were estimated. The splitting magnitudes of valence bands V1 – V2 in the Brillouin zone center by crystal field (Δcf = 20 meV) and by spin-orbital interaction (Δso = 375 meV) were calculated. V3 and V4 bands have splitting of 198 meV. The observed features were interpreted on the base of existing theoretically calculated band structure and symmetries of excitons in Γ point of Brillouin zone for single crystals of orthorhombic symmetry (Pnma).