Abstract:
An experimental investigation was made of the influence of laser radiation pulses on the spectral and time dependences of the transmission of CdSe single crystals at T = 4.2 K. The intensity of laser pulses transmitted by such a crystal was limited in the spectral region of the ground excited state because of two-photon absorption in which an exciton state acted as an intermediate level. A giant value of the two-photon absorption coefficient, amounting to ~ 103 cm/MW, was obtained. The evolution of photoexcited nonequilibrium electron–hole pairs was investigated.