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Pseudopotential theory of dilute III–V nitrides

P R C Kent1, L Bellaiche2 and Alex Zunger1

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We review the empirical pseudopotential method and its recent applications to the III–V nitride alloys GaAsN, GaPN, GaInAsN and GaAsPN. We discuss how studies using this method have provided an explanation for many experimentally observed anomalous nitride phenomena, including sharp photoluminescence lines in dilute alloys, high effective masses, Stoke's shift between emission and absorption in higher concentration alloys for GaAsN and GaPN ternaries. We also discuss predictions of unusual effects that remain to be experimentally discovered in GaInAsN quaternaries and complex GaAsPN solid solutions.


PACS

71.15.Dx Computational methodology (Brillouin zone sampling, iterative diagonalization, pseudopotential construction)

78.55.Cr III-V semiconductors

71.18.+y Fermi surface: calculations and measurements; effective mass, g factor

78.20.Ci Optical constants (including refractive index, complex dielectric constant, absorption, reflection and transmission coefficients, emissivity)

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Semiconductors

Dates

Issue 8 (August 2002)

Received 8 February 2002

Published 12 July 2002



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