First-principles calculations of the urbach tail in the optical absorption spectra of silica glass

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sadigh, B ^a   Erhart, P ^a   Aberg D ^a   Trave, A ^a   Schwegler, E ^a   Bude, J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; EXPONENTIAL TAIL; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FREQUENCY INTERVALS; FREQUENCY REGIMES; FUNDAMENTAL ABSORPTION EDGE; HYBRID EXCHANGE; LOWER BOUNDS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; OPTICAL ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; SILICA GLASS; STATISTICAL FLUCTUATIONS; URBACH TAIL;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SILICA;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 78651265945     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.027401     Document Type: Article

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