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Optical Absorption and Reflection

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The propagation of electromagnetic radiation through a semiconductor depends, in general, on temperature and external pressure and can be modified by electric and magnetic fields. Measurements of these effects provide very useful information about band structure and energy levels in semiconductors. For numerical purposes it may be worth noting that a quantum energy ħω of 1 eV is equivalent to a wave number và of 8060 cm-1 and to a wavelength λ of 1.24 μm [11.1].

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Seeger, K. (1991). Optical Absorption and Reflection. In: Semiconductor Physics. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 40. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02663-2_11

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