High‐pressure Bridgman growth and characterization of Cd1‐XMnXTe:Fe crystals

Doped, structurally perfect crystals of solid solution Cd1‐XMnXTe were grown by high‐pressure Bridgman method covering the range of its existence as a zinc blende structure (0 < x < 0.77). Structural, optical and mechanical properties of the crystals have been investigated. The interest in such investigations is mainly attracted due to the absence of information about optical properties of Cd1‐XMnXTe with x > 0.45, which is a potentially longest wavelength active material for mid‐IR lasing. Consequently, the correlation between the chemical composition and physical properties of the solid solution has been established. Doped, structurally perfect crystals of solid solution Cd1–XMnXTe were grown. This material is potentially the longest wavelength active material for mid–IR lasing, but the information about its optical properties is limited only to one composition of x = 0.45. Consequently, the correlation between the chemical composition of the solid solution all over the range of existence and its physical properties have been established.