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Excitons with anisotropic effective mass

Physics Education 2008-02-03 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

We present a simple analytic scheme for calculating the binding energy of excitons in semiconductors that takes full account of the existing anisotropy in the effective mass, as a complement to the qualitative treatment in most textbooks. Results obtained for excitons in gallium nitride form the basis for a discussion of the accuracy of this approach.

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@article{arxiv.physics/9709036,
  title  = {Excitons with anisotropic effective mass},
  author = {Arno Schindlmayr},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9709036},
  year   = {2008}
}

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3 pages, RevTeX