Excitation Mechanism of Luminescence in CdS by Very Low-Energy Electrons
- 2 February 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 24 (5), 213-215
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.24.213
Abstract
It is shown that low-energy electrons (<40 eV) excite luminescence in CdS at ∼80°K by direct electron-hole pair production. Momentum in pair production is conserved without phonon participation.Keywords
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