SELF-CONSISTENT CALCULATION OF THE ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE OF THE (110) GAAS-ZNSE INTERFACE

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IHM, J [1 ]
COHEN, ML [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB, DIV MAT & MOLEC RES, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevB.20.729
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T [工业技术];
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The abrupt (110) interface of GaAs-ZnSe is studied using the self-consistent pseudopotential method. No interface states are found in the fundamental gap, but interface states do split off from bulk states in some other regions. The band-edge discontinuity found in the present calculation does not satisfy the simple electron affinity rule; the calculated discontinuity of the conduction-band minima is 0.7 eV compared with the electron-affinity difference of 0.02 eV. The role of ionicity in the electronic structure of the interface is discussed. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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