| Authors | Arpana Agrawal , Tanveer Ahmad Dar, Pratima Sen | 
| Affiliations | Laser Bhawan, School of Physics, Devi Ahilya University, Takshashila Campus, Indore – 452001, India  | 
| Е-mail | agrawal.arpana01@gmail.com | 
| Issue | Volume 5, Year 2013, Number 2 | 
| Dates | Received 15 February 2013; published online 04 May 2013 | 
| Citation | Arpana Agrawal, Tanveer Ahmad Dar, Pratima Sen, J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 5 No 2, 02025 (2013) | 
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| PACS Number(s) | 68.55.ag, 61.72.U, 79.60.Dp, 81.15.Fg | 
| Keywords | Semiconductor (62) , Thin films (60) , Doping (20) , Laser deposition (3) . | 
| Annotation | The paper describes the structural and optical properties of Magnesium doped Zinc Oxide (Mg  3.5 %, 6 %, 9 %, 12 % by weight) thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition technique. The samples are characterized by X-ray diffraction technique, Ultra-violet visible absorption spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. X-ray diffraction results reveal the polycrystalline nature of samples with no impurity or secondary phase formation. Ultra-violet visible absorption spectroscopy studies show the blue shift in the optical band gap subsequent to Mg doping. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results reveal the replacement of Zn2+ cation by Mg2+ ion. | 
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