Electron effective mass and phonon modes in GaAs incorporating boron and indium

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Hofmann, T ^a   Schubert, M ^a   Leibiger, G ^b   Gottschalch, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b FREIBERGER COMPOUND MATERIALS GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON EFFECTIVE MASS; FREE ELECTRON MASS; PHONON MODES; VIBRATIONAL LATTICE;

BORON; ELLIPSOMETRY; ENERGY GAP; INDIUM; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SOLAR CELLS;

PHONONS;

EID: 34247893997     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2735669     Document Type: Article

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