STRAIN-INDUCED VALENCE-SUBBAND SPLITTING IN III-V SEMICONDUCTORS

被引:41
作者
SILVER, M
BATTY, W
GHITI, A
OREILLY, EP
机构
[1] University of Surrey, Guildford Surrey
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1992年 / 46卷 / 11期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.46.6781
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
A [001] axial strain introduces an additional term, known as the C4 matrix element, into the valence-band Hamiltonian of III-V semiconductors, proportional to the axial strain and to k(perpendicular-to), the wave-vector component perpendicular to the strain axis. This matrix element has been ignored in all previous valence-subband calculations. We use the empirical pseudopotential method and the tight-binding method to calculate the magnitude of C, in the III-V and selected II-VI semiconductors. The calculated values are smaller than but comparable to the experimentally determined value in InSb. We then present envelope-function calculations which show how the C4 term may particularly affect the valence-subband structure of quantum wells under biaxial tension (e.g., Ga-rich InxGa1-xAs on InP), splitting the degeneracy of the highest valence subband, and shifting the valence-band maximum from the Brillouin-zone center. The strain-induced band splittings are an order of magnitude larger than those in unstrained bulk material and may be measurable in wells with moderate strain (lattice mismatch almost-equal-to 1%). Finally, we discuss the influence of the C4 term on optical, transport, and cyclotron-resonance data.
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页码:6781 / 6788
页数:8
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