Optical properties of cadmium telluride in zinc-blende and wurzite structure

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Volumn 403, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 1907-1915

  Hosseini, S M ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations (atoms and molecules); Birefringence; Optical properties of bulk materials and thin films; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIREFRINGENCE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THIN FILMS; ZINC;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATION (GGA); WURZITE STRUCTURE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 40949099968     PISSN: 09214526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2007.10.370     Document Type: Article

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