The continuity equation of minority carriers is solved with the inclusion of photon recycling. A new development technique is used to provide a simple evaluation of effective lifetime and diffusion coefficients. Results are found to be in agreement with already published methods in a wide range of sample geometries. This provides a reliable determination method for radiative and nonradiative lifetimes through a single time-resolved photoluminescence experiment on GaAs structures such as solar cells.
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