Operator ordering and interface-band mixing in the Kane-like Hamiltonian of lattice-matched semiconductor superlattices with abrupt interfaces

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Klipstein, P C ^a  

^a SCD Semiconductor Devices Ltd   (Israel)

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EID: 77956297892     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.235314     Document Type: Article

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37. d 1, σ σ, η X - κ 0 + d 1, XX, and κ 2 + d 1, ZZ.
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46. Note that in evaluating these functions, d in Eq. does not have to be limited to a value of a / 2 but should be made large enough to achieve full convergence.