Spectroscopy of excitons and shallow impurities in isotopically enriched silicon - Electronic properties beyond the virtual crystal approximation

Solid State Communications

Volumn 133, Issue 11 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 715-725

  Thewalt, M L W ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

A. Isotopic silicon; C. Impurities; D. Absorption; D. Excitons; E. Photoluminescence; E. Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BINDING ENERGY; DEFORMATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; LATTICE CONSTANTS; PHONONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON;

ISOTOPIC SILICON; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR SPECTROSCOPY; VIRTUAL CRYSTAL APPROXIMATION (VCA);

EXCITONS;

EID: 14044269426     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2004.12.023     Document Type: Article

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