A first-principles investigation of the electronic structure of trivalent rare earth ions in gallium nitride

Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie

Volumn 221, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1663-1676

  Mishra, K C ^a   Eyert, V ^b   Schmidt, P C ^c  

^a OSRAM SYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electronic structure; Gallium nitride; Luminescence; Rare earth ions

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; EXCITATION ENERGY; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; LUMINESCENCE; METAL IONS; NITRIDES; NITROGEN; RARE EARTHS;

EQUILIBRIUM BOND LENGTH; FIRST PRINCIPLES ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES INVESTIGATIONS; NITROGEN LIGAND; RARE EARTH IONS; STRUCTURAL DATA; TETRAHEDRAL COORDINATION; TRIVALENT RARE EARTH IONS;

GALLIUM NITRIDE;

EID: 36849014217     PISSN: 09429352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zpch.2007.221.11-12.1663     Document Type: Article

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