AB-INITIO CALCULATION OF THE BAND-OFFSET AT STRAINED GAAS/INAS(001) HETEROJUNCTIONS

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作者
TIT, N
PERESSI, M
BARONI, S
机构
[1] UNIV TRIESTE,DIPARTIMENTO FIS TEOR,I-34014 TRIESTE,ITALY
[2] SCUOLA INT SUPER STUDI AVANZATI,I-34014 TRIESTE,ITALY
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1993年 / 48卷 / 23期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.48.17607
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We present a self-consistent pseudopotential calculation of the valence-band offset at the GaAs/InAs (001) strained interface which is chosen as an example of isovalent, common-anion, lattice-mismatched heterojunctions. Our results show that the valence-band offset can be tuned by about 0.5 eV going from GaAs to InAs substrates, mainly due to the different effect of strain on the topmost valence-band state of the two bulk materials.
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页码:17607 / 17610
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