Excess carriers lifetime in InP single crystals: Radiative versus nonradiative recombination

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 430-437

  Liu, A ^a   Rosenwaks, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; HOLE TRAPS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

PHOTON RECYCLING EFFECTS; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; TIME RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE (TRPL);

SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE;

EID: 0032613590     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.370748     Document Type: Article

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