ABINITIO BAND-STRUCTURE CALCULATION OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR BETA-FESI2

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EPPENGA, R
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[1] Philips Research Laboratories, 5600 JA Eindhoven
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10.1063/1.346415
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Results for β-FeSi2 obtained from self-consistent calculations with the augmented spherical wave ab initio band-structure method are presented. In accordance with several experimental findings, β-FeSi2 is found to be a semiconductor. The calculated gap is 0.44 eV and is indirect. The smallest direct gap is 0.46 eV and has a vanishingly small oscillator strength. The first across-gap transition with an appreciable oscillator strength has a corresponding energy gap of 0.77 eV.
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