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Computing solar energy conversion limits using the Trap Limited Conversion (TLC) metric
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Clarifications around `degeneracy` #4

Open kavanase opened 2 months ago

kavanase commented 2 months ago

I think this should be the other way around? Degeneracy for the s -> s+1 transition should be g_{s+1}/g_s. Should check in the code that this is correctly implemented. image

Also, there is one degeneracy but two levels provided by the user? Which one does it correspond to? If it's both, maybe the user should have the option to set g1 and g2

xw-w commented 2 months ago

Hi! The degeneracy term comes in when deriving the emission coefficients based on the principle of detailed balance (for defects with multiple levels):

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As the emission coefficients are proportional to either gs/g{s+1} or g_{s+1}/g_s depending on the capture process, it's easier to input a ratio of g=gs/g{s+1}

And in the source code, g or 1/g is properly used in the corresponding equations

But thanks for asking and I'll add more details about this point in tutorials

kavanase commented 2 months ago

Ok, thanks! Yes I think it would be good to clarify this. Is s equivalent to the charge state q here, or no? And if so, is s = q1, or q2 etc?

Also, I still think there should be two degeneracy factors if we have two levels (three defect states)? Like g_q1/g_q2 and g_q2/g_q3?