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Radiative recombination rate in quantum-well structures in the model without k-selection

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The influence of size quantization on the probability of optical transitions without an electron wave-vector selection rule is investigated. It is shown that the inversion current is essentially independent of the thickness of the quantum-well layer in the approximation of a constant injection efficiency. Various approximations for calculating the rate of spontaneous recombination are discussed.

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  1. Belarus State University, 220080, Minsk, Belarus

    A. A. Afonenko, I. S. Manak & V. A. Shevtsov

  2. B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 220072, Minsk, Belarus

    V. K. Kononenko

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  2. I. S. Manak
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Fiz. Tekh. Poluprovodn. 31, 1087–1091 (September 1997)

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Afonenko, A.A., Manak, I.S., Shevtsov, V.A. et al. Radiative recombination rate in quantum-well structures in the model without k-selection. Semiconductors 31, 929–932 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1187155

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