Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2001-03-16
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
10 pages, 11 .eps figures, 1 table
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.63.235313
The linear combination of bulk bands method recently introduced by Wang, Franceschetti and Zunger [Phys. Rev. Lett.78, 2819 (1997)] is applied to a calculation of energy bands and optical constants of (GaAs)$_n$/(AlAs)$_n$ and (GaAs)$_n$/(vacuum)$_n$ (001) superlattices with n ranging from 4 to 20. Empirical pseudopotentials are used for the calculation of the bulk energy bands. Quantum-confined induced shifts of critical point energies are calculated and are found to be larger for the GaAs/vacuum system. The $E_1$ peak in the absorption spectra has a blue shift and splits into two peaks for decreasing superlattice period; the $E_2$ transition instead is found to be split for large-period GaAs/AlAs superlattices. The band contribution to linear birefringence of GaAs/AlAs superlattices is calculated and compared with recent experimental results of Sirenko et al. [Phys. Rev. B 60, 8253 (1999)]. The frequency-dependent part reproduces the observed increase with decreasing superlattice period, while the calculated zero-frequency birefringence does not account for the experimental results and points to the importance of local-field effects.
Andreani Lucio Claudio
Botti Silvana
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