Fundamental limits on optical transparency of transparent conducting oxides: Free-carrier absorption in SnO 2

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Peelaers, H ^a   Kioupakis, E ^a,b   Van De Walle, C G ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FREE CARRIER ABSORPTION; FREE ELECTRON; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; UV- AND; VISIBLE LIGHT; WAVELENGTH REGIMES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

TRANSPARENCY;

EID: 84855552798     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3671162     Document Type: Article

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