Direct Recombination
Use the Direct Recombination to set the recombination rate in direct band-gap semiconductor materials such as gallium arsenide. Select this option from the Generation-Recombination submenu.
The recombination rate for both electrons and holes is set using the following equation:
with
where γnand γp are the electron and hole degeneracy factors, Nc,0 and Nv,0 are the effective densities of states for the conduction and valence band, Eg is the band-gap and ΔEg the band-gap narrowing (SI unit: V).
Direct Recombination
The default Direct recombination factor C (SI unit: m3/s) is taken From material. For User defined enter a value in the text field. The default value is 0 m3/s.