What is Auger recombination?

Recombination in which the released energy is given to another carrier instead of being emitted as light. It becomes significant at high carrier densities and affects lifetime in heavily doped layers and efficiency loss in LEDs.

Field: Semiconductor physics

Auger recombination in the explanations

Questions that mention Auger recombination (2)

  1. Which recombination process becomes significant at high carrier concentrations, where the released energy is given to another carrier instead of being emitted as light?
  2. What is the phenomenon called in which the efficiency of an InGaN LED actually decreases as the current is increased?

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Efficiency droop Acceptor Band gap Degenerate semiconductor Diffusion length Donor Effective mass Einstein relation Electron affinity Fermi level

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