Determination of the fundamental and spin-orbit-splitting band gap energies of InAsSb-based ternary and pentenary alloys using mid-infrared photoreflectance

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 516, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 8049-8058

  Cripps, S A ^a   Hosea, T J C ^a   Krier, A ^b   Smirnov, V ^b   Batty, P J ^d   Zhuang, Q D ^b   Lin, H H ^c   Liu, Po Wei ^c   Tsai, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Band structure; Mid infrared; Narrow gap; Pentenary; Photoreflectance; Semiconductor; Spin orbit splitting; Ternary

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

AUGER RECOMBINATION; BAND STRUCTURE; BAND-GAP ENERGIES; MID-INFRARED; NARROW GAP; NARROW-GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; NON-RADIATIVE; PENTENARY; PHOTOREFLECTANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPIN ORBITS; SPIN-ORBIT SPLITTING; TERNARY;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 50649102823     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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