First-principles calculations of luminescence spectrum line shapes for defects in semiconductors: The example of GaN and ZnO

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 26, 2012, Pages

  Alkauskas, Audrius ^a   Lyons, John L ^a   Steiauf, Daniel ^a   Van De Walle, Chris G ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATION COORDINATE DIAGRAM; DEFECT LUMINESCENCE; DEFECTS IN SEMICONDUCTORS; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; LUMINESCENCE BAND; LUMINESCENCE LINES; LUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIBRATIONAL PROBLEMS; VIBRONIC COUPLING; ZNO;

CALCULATIONS; DEFECTS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GALLIUM NITRIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84871797440     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.267401     Document Type: Article

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