OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF ALN

被引:26
作者
SOLANKI, AK [1 ]
KASHYAP, A [1 ]
NAUTIYAL, T [1 ]
AULUCK, S [1 ]
KHAN, MA [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV STRASBOURG 1,INST PHYS & CHIM MAT STRASBOURG,F-67070 STRASBOURG,FRANCE
关键词
LMTO-ASA; OPTICAL CONSTANTS;
D O I
10.1016/0038-1098(95)00087-9
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
We have performed calculations of the anisotropic frequency dependent dielectric function of AlN, using the linear muffin-tin orbital method within the atomic sphere approximation (LMTO-ASA). Our calculations show that the anisotropy is very small. The effect of introducing empty spheres is to decrease the energy gap by about 20% and to make the dielectric function slightly anisotropic at higher energies. Comparisons with experiments must await experimental results.
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页码:1009 / 1012
页数:4
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