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Phonon- and charged-impurity-assisted indirect free-carrier absorption in Ga2O3
Peelaers, Hartwin Van de Walle, Chris G.
Peelaers, Hartwin
Van de Walle, Chris G.
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Monoclinic β−Ga2O3 has a large band gap of 4.8 eV, and can therefore be used as a contact material that is transparent to visible and UV light. However, indirect free-carrier absorption processes, mediated by either phonons or charged impurities, will set a fundamental limit on transparency. We use first-principles calculations to accurately assess the absorption cross section and to elucidate the microscopic origins of these processes. Phonon-assisted absorption is dominated by the emission of phonons, and is therefore always possible. This indirect absorption is inversely proportional to the cube of the wavelength. The presence of charged impurities, whether intentional or unintentional, leads to additional absorption, but for realistic concentrations, phonon-assisted absorption remains the largest contribution. Direct free-carrier absorption also leads to below-gap absorption, with distinct peaks where optical transitions match energy differences to higher conduction bands. In contrast, indirect absorption uniformly reduces transparency for all sub-band-gap wavelengths.
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2019-08-05
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American Physical Society
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Hartwin Peelaers and Chris G. Van de Walle, "Phonon- and charged-impurity-assisted indirect free-carrier absorption in Ga2O3", Phys. Rev. B 100, 081202(R), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.081202