Absorption coefficient, energy gap, exciton binding energy, and recombination lifetime of GaN obtained from transmission measurements

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2572-2574

  Muth, J F ^a   Lee, J H ^a   Shmagin, I K ^a   Kolbas, R M ^a   Casey Jr , H C ^b   Keller, B P ^c   Mishra, U K ^c   DenBaars, S P ^c  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; EXCITONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAPPHIRE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; EXCITON BINDING ENERGY; GALLIUM NITRIDE;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 0031551651     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.120191     Document Type: Article

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