Research Article

Prediction of the Bandgap of a Core-Shell Microsphere via Light Intensity Fluctuations

Table 1

Parameters for modeling and resulting absorption wavelengths.

Case #1 #2 #3 #4 #5#6#7

Refractive index (core) 1.48 + i0.01 1.48 + i0.01 1.48 + i0.01 1.48 + i0.01 1.48 + i0.01 1.48 + i0.01 1.48 + i0.01
Refractive index (shell) 1.60 + i0.01 1.80 + i0.01 2.00 + i0.012.20 + i0.01 2.40 + i0.01 2.60 + i0.01 2.80 + i0.01
Representative wavelength [nm] 450 470 490500 540 540 570
Bandgap of shell [eV] 2.76 2.64 2.542.48 2.30 2.302.18