Relationship between the optical gap and the optical-absorption tail breadth in amorphous GaAs

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7052-7059

  Dias Da Silva, J H ^a   Campomanes, R R ^a   Leite, D M G ^a   Orapunt, Farida ^b   O'Leary, Stephen K ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES;

EPITAXIAL LAYERS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION TAIL; OPTICAL GAP; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

EID: 11144236580     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1797541     Document Type: Article

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