Evidence of the Meyer-Neldel rule in InGaAsN alloys and the problem of determining trap capture cross sections

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 908-910

  Johnston, Steven W ^a   Crandall, Richard S ^a   Yelon, Arthur ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ANNEALING; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

MEYER-NELDEL RULE (MNR);

INDIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0041877246     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1596713     Document Type: Article

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