ABSORPTION-SPECTRA OF PERFECT AND IMPERFECT SI/GE SUPERLATTICES

被引:5
作者
ADDERLEY, BM
TURTON, RJ
JAROS, M
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 49卷 / 23期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.49.16622
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We present a comparative study of the absorption spectra for a series of systems with a 50:50 Si/Ge content. These are as follows: a random alloy, a perfect interface Si5Ge5 superlattice, and the same superlattice with random alloy layers between the volumes of Si and Ge. lt is found that the presence of any random structure reduces the peak absorption (just above the band gap) by an order of magnitude. Evidence is also given that experiment should be able to detect the difference in the absorption coefficient, between structured and random arrangements of atoms.
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页码:16622 / 16631
页数:10
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