M G Brik 2009 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 485502 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/21/48/485502
M G Brik
Show affiliationsFirst-principles calculations (using the CASTEP code, as implemented in the Materials Studio package) of electronic and optical properties of several representative ternary semiconductors (CuXS2, X = Al, Ga, In, and AgGaS2) were performed. After geometry optimization of the crystal structures, the band structures and partial and total densities of states were calculated and analyzed for all compounds considered. A scissor operator value of about 1.5 eV was introduced systematically to overcome the intrinsic drawback of the calculation technique—underestimation of the calculated band gaps. From the dielectric functions calculated with this correction, Sellmeyer's approximations for the dependence of the refractive index on the wavelength were obtained for all crystals studied. The values of the refractive indices calculated are in reasonable agreement with the experimental data.
71.20.Nr Semiconductor compounds
71.15.Mb Density functional theory, local density approximation, gradient and other corrections
Issue 48 (2 December 2009)
Received 7 July 2009, in final form 9 September 2009
Published 6 November 2009
M G Brik 2009 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 485502
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