Temperature dependence of electron concentration in cadmium arsenide

Abstract

From measurements of the temperature dependence of the electron concentration in ${\mathrm{Cd}}_{3}$${\mathrm{As}}_{2}$, we found values for the conduction-band parameters that are in good agreement with those recently reported by Aubin, Caron, and Jay-Gerin. However, in contrast with these authors we found no small overlap, but a relatively large gap of 26 meV between the heavy-hole band maximum and the conduction-band minimum.