Ab initio impact ionization rate in GaAs, GaN, and ZnS

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Kuligk, Angelika ^a   Fitzer, Niels ^a   Redmer, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GALLIUM NITRATE; ZINC SULFIDE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 16444364458     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.085201     Document Type: Article

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