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Calculation of the Auger lifetime in degenerate n-type (Hg,Cd)Te

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Physics of Narrow Gap Semiconductors

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 152))

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The lifetime, TAl due to the,two-band, Auger 1 recombination mechanism is calculated for degenerate n-type (Hg,Cd)Te as a function of equilibrium carrier concentration, no under low modulation. For no sufficiently large so that the Fermi energy, EF is at least a kBT above the conduction band minimum, τAl ∝ 1/no/γ where γ < 1. For x = 0.2 and 50K ≤ T ≤ 200K, 0.7 ≤ γ ≤ 0.8. For EF(no) at least 3 kBT below the conduction band minimum, τAl ∝ 1/no/2.It is also found that in the degenerate region, τAl decreases with T for fixed no.

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    T. N. Casselman

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E. Gornik H. Heinrich L. Palmetshofer

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Casselman, T.N. (1982). Calculation of the Auger lifetime in degenerate n-type (Hg,Cd)Te. In: Gornik, E., Heinrich, H., Palmetshofer, L. (eds) Physics of Narrow Gap Semiconductors. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 152. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-11191-3_22

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