Impact of degenerate n-doping on the optical absorption edge in transparent conducting cadmium oxide

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8626, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Farahani, S K Vasheghani ^a   McConville, C F ^a   Veal, T D ^b   Schleife, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandgap renormalization; Burstein Moss shift; Cadmium oxide; Effective mass; Electronic structure; Optical absorption; Parameter free calculations

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP RENORMALIZATION; BURSTEIN-MOSS SHIFT; CADMIUM OXIDE; EFFECTIVE MASS; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; OPTICAL ABSORPTION EDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; THEORETICAL SPECTROSCOPIES;

CADMIUM; DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 84878183560     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2004359     Document Type: Conference Paper

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