Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2001-01-10
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
10 pages including 7 postscript figures; submitted to Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.64.195330
We have performed first-principles calculations of Si/SiO$_2$ superlattices in order to examine their electronic states, confinement and optical transitions, using linearized-augmented-plane-wave techniques and density-functional theory. Two atomic models having fairly simple interface structure are considered; they differ in the way dangling bonds at interfaces are satisfied. We compare our first-principles band structures with those from tight-binding calculations. The real and imaginary parts of the dielectric function are calculated at the Fermi-Golden-rule level and used to estimate the absorption coefficients. Confinement is confirmed by the dispersionless character of the electronic band structures in the growth direction. Optical enhancement is shown to exist by comparing the direct and indirect transitions in the band structures with the related transitions in bulk-Si. The role played by the interface on the optical properties is assessed by comparing the absorption coefficients from the two models.
Carrier Pierre
Chandre Dharma-wardana M. W.
Lewis Laurent J.
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