Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2001-10-24
Phys. Rev. B 65, 165328 (2002)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
RevTeX4, 11 pages, 5 eps figures, submitted to Phys.Rev.B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.65.165328
The envelope-function method with generalized boundary conditions is applied to the description of localized and resonant interface states. A complete set of phenomenological conditions which restrict the form of connection rules for envelope functions is derived using the Hermiticity and symmetry requirements. Empirical coefficients in the connection rules play role of material parameters which characterize an internal structure of every particular heterointerface. As an illustration we present the derivation of the most general connection rules for the one-band effective mass and 4-band Kane models. The conditions for the existence of Tamm-like localized interface states are established. It is shown that a nontrivial form of the connection rules can also result in the formation of resonant states. The most transparent manifestation of such states is the resonant tunneling through a single-barrier heterostructure.
Gorbatsevich A. A.
Tokatly Ilya V.
Tsibizov A. G.
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