Empirical pseudopotential and full-brillouin-zone k • p electronic structure of CdTe, HgTe, and Hg 1-x Cd x Te

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1717-1725

  Penna, Michele ^a   Marnetto, Alberto ^a   Bertazzi, Francesco ^a,b   Bellotti, Enrico ^b   Goano, Michele ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloy scattering; CdTe; Electronic structure; Empirical pseudopotential method; HgCdTe; HgTe; Local density approximation; Method; Virtual crystal approximation

Indexed keywords

ALLOY SCATTERING; CDTE; EMPIRICAL PSEUDOPOTENTIAL METHOD; HGCDTE; HGTE; METHOD; VIRTUAL CRYSTAL APPROXIMATION;

ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LOCAL DENSITY APPROXIMATION; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 68749092114     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-009-0798-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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