Unified theory of electron-phonon renormalization and phonon-assisted optical absorption

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 26, Issue 36, 2014, Pages

  Patrick, Christopher E ^a   Giustino, Feliciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electronic transitions; phonons; visible and ultraviolet spectra

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHONONS;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; FRANCK-CONDON PRINCIPLE; HERZBERG-TELLER EFFECT; PHONON ASSISTED TRANSITION; SEMICLASSICAL APPROACHES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 84906336042     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/36/365503     Document Type: Article

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