Numerical analysis of indirect Auger transitions in InGaN

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bertazzi, Francesco ^a,b   Goano, Michele ^a   Bellotti, Enrico ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY COMPOSITIONS; AUGER PROCESS; AUGER RECOMBINATION; AUGER TRANSITIONS; CARRIER-PHONON INTERACTION; DEFORMATION POTENTIAL; EMPIRICAL PSEUDO-POTENTIAL; NON-POLAR; NONLOCAL; PERTURBATION THEORY; SPECTRAL REGION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VISIBLE SPECTRA;

AUGERS; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHONONS;

GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84863676539     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4733353     Document Type: Article

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