Eigenstate fitting in the k · p method

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 195-198

  Lopez H ^a   Chantis, A N ^b   Sune J ^a   Cartoixà, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

Band structure; Effective mass approximation; Envelope function; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BAND STRUCTURE; BINDING ENERGY; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; CONDUCTION BANDS; HAMILTONIANS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; QUASICRYSTALS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

BRILLOUIN ZONE; EFFECTIVE MASS APPROXIMATION; EIGENSTATES; QUASIPARTICLES;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 34247325578     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: 15728137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10825-006-0109-3     Document Type: Article

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