The phonon assisted optical transitions at the fundamental (indirect) absorption edge in Si and GaP are described using the invariant method. In contrast to earlier work the spin degeneracy of the electron states is considered. Transitions are found which become allowed due to spin–orbit coupling.
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Bednarek et al. (1982) studied this question.
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