Effects of phonon coupling and free carriers on band-edge emission at room temperature in n-type ZnO crystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 25, 2006, Pages

  Giles, N C ^a   Xu, Chunchuan ^a   Callahan, M J ^b   Wang, Buguo ^b,d   Neal, J S ^c   Boatner, L A ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SOLID STATE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE EMISSION; BAND-GAP EFFECTS; FREE CARRIERS; PHONON COUPLING;

BAND STRUCTURE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; THERMAL EFFECTS; ZINC OXIDE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 33845950516     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2410225     Document Type: Article

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