Electronic and optical properties of MgxZn1-xO and CdxZn1-xO from ab initio calculations

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Schleife, André ^a   Rödl, Claudia ^a   Furthmüller, Jürgen ^a   Bechstedt, Friedhelm ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; ALLOY COMPOSITIONS; BAND GAPS; BETHE-SALPETER EQUATION; BOWING PARAMETERS; CLUSTER CELL; CLUSTER EXPANSION; DENSITIES OF STATE; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; EXCITON PEAK; FUNDAMENTAL BAND GAP; ISOSTRUCTURAL; LOCAL-FIELD EFFECTS; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; PREPARATION CONDITIONS; PSEUDO-BINARIES; QUASI PARTICLES; ROCK SALT; STRONGLY NONLINEAR; WURTZITES;

ALLOYS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC;

EID: 80052019082     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/8/085012     Document Type: Article

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