Auger recombination in Si and GaAs semiconductors: Ab initio results

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Govoni, Marco ^a,b   Marri, Ivan ^b   Ossicini, Stefano ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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EID: 80052461288     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.075215     Document Type: Article

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