Published April 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Radiative recombination of excitons in amorphous semiconductors

Creators

  • 1. School of Engineering and Logistics, Faculty Technology, B-41, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909 (Australia)

Description

A theory for calculating the radiative lifetime of excitons in amorphous semiconductors is presented. Four possibilities of excitonic radiative recombination are considered and the corresponding rates are derived at thermal equilibrium. The radiative lifetime is calculated from the inverse of the maximum rate for all the four possibilities. Results agree very well with experiments

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jlumin.2004.09.076;
PII
S0022-2313(04)00391-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Luminescence
Journal Volume
112
Journal Issue
1-4
Journal Page Range
p. 40-44
ISSN
0022-2313
CODEN
JLUMA8

Conference

Title
6. international conference on excitonic processes in condensed matter
Acronym
EXCON '04
Dates
6-9 Jul 2004
Place
Cracow (Poland)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37049325
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
EFFECTIVE MASS; EXCITONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RECOMBINATION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM
Descriptors DEC
EMISSION; EQUILIBRIUM; LUMINESCENCE; MASS; MATERIALS; PHOTON EMISSION; QUASI PARTICLES

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Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.