Temperature dependence of the energy gap of semiconductors in the low-temperature limit

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Cardona, Manuel ^a   Meyer, T A ^b   Thewalt, M L W ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXCITONS; EXTRAPOLATION; HELIUM; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NITROGEN; PHONONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SPECIFIC HEAT; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; VAPOR PRESSURE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

DEBYE ENERGY; EXCITATION ENERGIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EXCITATION (PLE); VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 18344410054     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.196403     Document Type: Article

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