Ab initio study of lattice vibration and polaron properties in zinc-blende Alx Ga1-x N alloys

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Bouarissa, N ^a   Saib, S ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF M'SILA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO PSEUDOPOTENTIALS; AB INITIO STUDY; AL CONTENT; AL-CONCENTRATION; BLUE SHIFT; COMPOSITIONAL RANGE; DEFORMATION POTENTIAL; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL PERTURBATION THEORY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; EFFECTIVE MASS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; HLICH COUPLING CONSTANTS; OPTICAL PHONONS; PHONON FREQUENCIES; PHONON MODE; POLAR FIELDS; VIRTUAL CRYSTAL APPROXIMATION; ZINC-BLENDE; ZONE CENTRES;

CERIUM ALLOYS; DEBYE TEMPERATURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GALLIUM; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHONONS; POLARONS; ZINC;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 78751514713     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3517065     Document Type: Article

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