Biaxial strain-modified valence and conduction band offsets of zinc-blende GaN, GaP, GaAs, InN, InP, and InAs, and optical bowing of strained epitaxial InGaN alloys

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 4377-4379

  Kent, P R C ^a   Hart, Gus L W ^a   Zunger, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; POLYNOMIALS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; STRAIN; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CONDUCTION BAND;

INDIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0037011481     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1524299     Document Type: Article

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