Ge - Germanium

Optical properties

Infrared refractive index n 4.00
Radiative recombination coefficient 6.4·10-14 cm3/s


Refractive index n versus wavelength at four different temperatures.
(Icenogle et al. [1976]).
Refractive index n versus photon energy. T = 300 K.
(Philipp and Taft [1959]).
Reflectance versus photon energy. T = 300 K.
(Cordona et al. [1967]).
Low-level absorption spectrum of high purity Ge at various temperatures.
(Macfarlane et al. [1957]).
The absorption edge at three different temperatures
(Seysyan et al. [1968]).
The absorption coefficient versus photon energy. T = 300 K.
(Phillipp and Taft [1959]).
The absorption coefficient at different donor (As) concentrations. T = 300 K
(Pankove and Aigrain [1962]).
Intrinsic absorption edges at different donor (As) concentrations at 300 K obtained after substracting the free carrier absorption from the measured values.
(Pankove and Aigrain [1962]).
T = 293 K. The absorption coefficient at different acceptor (Ga) concentrations.
(Bagaev et al. [1962]).
Intrinsic absorption edge at different doping (Ga) level T = 293 K.
(Bagaev et al. [1962]).
Free carrier absorption versus wavelength at different doping levels. n-Ge. T = 300 K.
Conduction electron concentration:
no(cm-1): 1. 8.0·1017; 2. 4.8·1018; 3. 1.35·1019; 4. 1.8·1019; 5. 3.6·1019.
(Fistul [1967])
Free carrier absorption versus photon energy at different doping levels. p-Ge. T = 300 K.
Free hole concentration:
po(cm-3): 1. 7.3·1015; 2. 1.6·1016; 3. 6.0·1016; 4. 1.9·1017; 5. 1.2·1018; 6. 1.0·1019.
(Ukhanov [1977] and Vasilyeva et al. [1967]).

Two-photon absorption coefficient β

λ τp, ns β×1011, m W-1 Ref.
2.36 30 50±0.3 (Zubov et al. [1971]).
2.6-3.1 100 2500 (?) (Wenzel et al. [1973]).
  480 340 (Gibson et al. [1976]).