Band gap bowing of binary alloys: Experimental results compared to theoretical tight-binding supercell calculations for CdZnSe

Compound semiconductor alloys of the type ABC find widespread applications as their electronic bulk band gap varies continuously with x, and therefore a tayloring of the energy gap is possible by variation of the concentration. We model the electronic properties of such semiconductor alloys by a mul...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2010-08
Main Authors: Mourad, Daniel, Kruse, Carsten, Klembt, Sebastian, Retzlaff, Reiner, Gartner, Mariuca, Anastasescu, Mihai, Hommel, Detlef, Czycholl, Gerd
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alloys
Band gap
Binary alloys
Binding
Bowing
Electronic properties
Ellipsometry
Energy gap
Epitaxial growth
Molecular beam epitaxy
Nanowires
Photoluminescence
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Summary:Compound semiconductor alloys of the type ABC find widespread applications as their electronic bulk band gap varies continuously with x, and therefore a tayloring of the energy gap is possible by variation of the concentration. We model the electronic properties of such semiconductor alloys by a multiband tight-binding model on a finite ensemble of supercells and determine the band gap of the alloy. This treatment allows for an intrinsic reproduction of band bowing effects as a function of the concentration x and is exact in the alloy-induced disorder. In the present paper, we concentrate on bulk CdZnSe as a well-defined model system and give a careful analysis on the proper choice of the basis set and supercell size, as well as on the necessary number of realizations. The results are compared to experimental results obtained from ellipsometric measurements of CdZnSe layers prepared by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and photoluminescence (PL) measurements on catalytically grown CdZnSe nanowires reported in the literature.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1007.2297