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Optical Absorption of Impurities and Defects in SemiconductingCrystals

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The absorption of impurity centres is observed in the transparency domains of semiconductors and insulators, which are limited by their intrinsic electronic and vibrational absorptions. Further, a brief account of the relevant physical processes and an overview of the intrinsic optical properties of these materials and of their dependence on temperature, pressure and magnetic field is given in this chapter. Some semiconductors have been or are now synthesized in quasi-monoisotopic (qmi) forms because of improvements in their physical properties like thermal conductivity. A comparison of their intrinsic optical properties with those of the crystals of natural isotopic composition is also given. The absorption related to free carriers, due mostly to doping is also discussed at the end of this chapter. A detailed account of the optical properties of semiconductors can be found in the books by Yu and Cardona [107] and by Balkanski and Wallis [4].

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Pajot, B. (2009). Bulk Optical Absorption. In: Optical Absorption of Impurities and Defects in SemiconductingCrystals. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 158. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/b135694_3

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