Three-electron recombination processes in semiconductors
- 28 March 1978
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics
- Vol. 11 (6) , 1085-1089
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/11/6/016
Abstract
A three-electron recombination process in semiconductors is analysed by employing second-order perturbation theory. Taking the unperturbed states to be planewaves and ignoring exchange effects, the recombination coefficient is calculated to be approximately /10-51 to 10-54 cm9 s-1. The overlap of the modulating parts of the Bloch functions reduce this estimate by approximately 10-3.Keywords
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