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Impact of Se doping on optical and third-order nonlinear optical properties of spray pyrolysis fabricated CdS thin films for optoelectronics

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Cadmium sulphide is known to have tremendous applications towards optoelectronic and nonlinear devices. Hence, here we have facilely casted the CdS films with diverse Se contents through low-cost spray pyrolysis technique. XRD study defends mono-phase formation of CdS having hexagonal system at all Se doping contents. Scherrer equation was employed to evaluate crystallite size in range of 15–25 nm. Vibrational study reveals the presence of fundamental modes of vibration of hexagonal CdS. EDX and SEM mapping studies approve the existence of Se and its homogeneous distribution all over the film. SEM micrographs shows the nanoscale grains formation on film surface and the size is increasing with Se doping. Optical study revealed that the grown films are of optimal quality with transparency in range of 60–75% with low absorbance and reflectance values. The refractive index values are noted to varied from 1 to 2.7 with wavelength and noticed to be reduced on Se content in UV–Vis region. The reduction in direct and indirect energy gap was found from 2.46 to 2.34 eV and 2.21 to 1.96 eV, correspondingly due to Se. PL emission profile contains an emission band at 528, 529, 529, 530 and 546 nm for 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5, 5.0 wt% Se:CdS films. Dielectric constant and loss were estimated. The nonlinear refraction (n2) and absorption coefficient (β) and third-order nonlinear susceptibility \((\chi^{3} )\) values were determined using Z-scan and observed in order of 10–8 cm2/W, 10–4 cm/W and 10–3 esu, correspondingly. The high values of \(\chi^{3}\) propose the films for nonlinear applications.

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The authors would like to express their gratitude to Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for funding this work through Research Groups Program under Grant no. R.G.P2/95/41.

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  1. Advanced Functional Materials and Optoelectronic Laboratory (AFMOL), Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, PO Box 9004, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia

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  2. Department of Physics and Electronics, Maulana Azad College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, 431001, India

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  3. Thin Film Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Electronics and Photonics, Rajarshi Shahu Mahavidyalaya, Maharashtra, Latur, 413512, India

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  4. Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Khalid University, PO Box 9004, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia

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Shkir, M., Anis, M., Shaikh, S.S. et al. Impact of Se doping on optical and third-order nonlinear optical properties of spray pyrolysis fabricated CdS thin films for optoelectronics. Appl. Phys. B 126, 121 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-020-07472-x

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