Optical studies of carrier dynamics and non-equilibrium optical phonons in nitride-based wide bandgap semiconductors

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-114

  Tsen, K T ^a   Liang, W ^a   Ferry, D K ^b   Lu, Hai ^c   Schaff, William J ^c   Ozgur, U ^d   Fu, Y ^d   Moon, Y T ^d   Yun, F ^d   Morkoc H ^d   Everitt, H O ^e,f  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^d Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; GALLIUM NITRIDE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHONONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PROBES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

BAND GAP; CARRIER DYNAMICS; CARRIER TRANSPORT; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 22644437344     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2005.04.004     Document Type: Review

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