Transient behavior of secondary emission of ZnTe under band-to-band excitation

Time characteristics of secondary emissions have been measured in ZnTe at 82K under the excitation into the fundamental absorption band by subnanosecond light pulses. The decay time of polariton luminescence has been determined to be about 100 ps. On the other hand, the time behavior of the intensity of the sharp 2LO-phonon line has been found to coincide with that of the exciting pulse. This result is consistent with the resonance Raman scattering mechanism.