Free carrier generation in semiconductors induced by absorption of subband-gap light

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 821-824

  Vanmaekelbergh, D ^a   van Pieterson, L ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRON ABSORPTION; ELECTRONS; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT MODULATION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON HOLE PAIR GENERATION; FREE CARRIERS; PHOTOCURRENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 0031675376     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.821     Document Type: Article

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