Basic Parameters of Germanium (Ge)

Ge - Germanium

Basic Parameters at 300 K

Crystal structure Diamond
Group of symmetry Oh7- Fd3m
Number of atoms in 1 cm3 4.4·1022
Auger recombination coefficient 10-30 cm6/s
Debye temperature 374 K
Density 5.3234 g/cm3
Dielectric constant 16.2
Effective electron masses ml 1.6mo
Effective electron masses mt 0.08mo
Effective hole masses mh 0.33mo
Effective hole masses mlp 0.043mo
Electron affinity 4.0 eV
Lattice constant 5.658 A
Optical phonon energy 0.037 eV