Ga2O3 is a wide-band-gap oxide, with promising properties suitable for high-power devices and UV photodetectors. The latter requires combining transparency with conductivity, which are properties usually not occurring together. We use first-principles calculations to accurately define the fundamental transparency limits of Ga2O3, by considering both indirect and direct free-carrier absorption. These results also shed light on recent experimental observations.
We will also discuss absorption in In2O3, as Sn-doped In2O3 (ITO) is the most widely used transparent conducting oxide, and explain what makes it such a good material.
Work performed in collaboration with E. Kioupakis and C.G. Van de Walle.
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