AIP Advances (May 2015)

Auger recombination rates in dilute-As GaNAs semiconductor

  • Chee-Keong Tan,
  • Nelson Tansu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4921394
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 5
pp. 057135 – 057135-7

Abstract

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The evaluation of Auger recombination process for dilute-As GaNAs alloy is presented. Our analysis indicates the suppression of interband Auger recombination mechanism in dilute-As GaNAs alloy in the green spectral regime. The interband Auger coefficient in dilute-As GaNAs alloy is shown as two orders of magnitude lower than that of its corresponding intraband Auger rate. Our results confirm that the second conduction band has a negligible effect on the interband Auger process in dilute-As GaNAs alloy due to the non-resonant condition of the process. Our findings show the importance of dilute-As GaNAs as an alternative visible material with low Auger recombination rates.