Light absorption at a semiconductor interface

被引:9
作者
Braginsky, LS [1 ]
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[1] ETH Zentrum, Crystallog Lab, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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10.1103/PhysRevB.57.R6870
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Light absorption at an indirect-band-gap semiconductor interface is investigated. It is shown that the possibility of nonconservation of electron momentum at the interface significantly enhances absorption in crystallites, which are as small as 30-50 Angstrom. The essential influence of the interface levels as well as the intervalley electron conversion at the interface on the absorption has been demonstrated.
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页码:R6870 / R6873
页数:4
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