Real-structure effects: Absorption edge of Mg xZn 1-xO, Cd xZn 1-xO, and n-type ZnO from ab-initio calculations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8263, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schleife, André ^a,c   Bechstedt, Friedhelm ^b,c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility ETSF   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ab initio electronic structure methods; alloy; degenerate electron gas; fundamental band gaps; optical absorption; real structure effects

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; AB INITIO ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE METHODS; ABSORPTION EDGES; BETHE-SALPETER; BURSTEIN-MOSS SHIFT; CLUSTER EXPANSION; DEGENERATE ELECTRON GAS; EXCITONIC EFFECT; FREE CARRIER CONCENTRATION; FUNDAMENTAL BAND GAP; N-DOPING; QUASI PARTICLES; REAL-STRUCTURE EFFECTS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; ZNO;

ALLOYS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SUPERCOMPUTERS; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE;

ZINC;

EID: 84858608282     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.910840     Document Type: Conference Paper

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