Abstract:
The anisotropy of the absorption and electroabsorption spectra of CdP2 and CdP4, single crystals has been investigated. A number of interband gaps has been determined and specified. The energies and the type of phonons involved in direct and indirect transitions have been determined. Proceeding from group-theoretical calculations of the band structure, the transitions in CdP4 have been localised and some regularities of the phonons in CdP2 have been revealed.