First-principles envelope-function theory for lattice-matched semiconductor heterostructures

Details First-principles envelope-function theory for lattice-matched semiconductor heterostructures First-principles envelope-function theory for lattice-matched semiconductor heterostructures

2003-12-31

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0312713v3

Phys. Rev. B 72, 165345 (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

25 pages, no figures, RevTeX4; v3: final published version

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.72.165345

In this paper a multi-band envelope-function Hamiltonian for lattice-matched semiconductor heterostructures is derived from first-principles norm-conserving pseudopotentials. The theory is applicable to isovalent or heterovalent heterostructures with macroscopically neutral interfaces and no spontaneous bulk polarization. The key assumption -- proved in earlier numerical studies -- is that the heterostructure can be treated as a weak perturbation with respect to some periodic reference crystal, with the nonlinear response small in comparison to the linear response. Quadratic response theory is then used in conjunction with k.p perturbation theory to develop a multi-band effective-mass Hamiltonian (for slowly varying envelope functions) in which all interface band-mixing effects are determined by the linear response. To within terms of the same order as the position dependence of the effective mass, the quadratic response contributes only a bulk band offset term and an interface dipole term, both of which are diagonal in the effective-mass Hamiltonian. Long-range multipole Coulomb fields arise in quantum wires or dots, but have no qualitative effect in two-dimensional systems beyond a dipole contribution to the band offsets.

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