Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2001-11-14
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
11 pages, 10 figures (submitted to Phys. Rev. B)
Scientific paper
We have constructed microscopic, structurally-relaxed atomistic models of Si/SiO$_2$ superlattices. The structural distortion and oxidation-state characteristics of the interface Si atoms are examined in detail. The role played by the interface Si suboxides in raising the band gap and producing dispersionless energy bands is established. The suboxide atoms are shown to generate an abrupt interface layer about 1.60 \AA thick. Bandstructure and optical-absorption calculations at the Fermi Golden rule level are used to demonstrate that increasing confinement leads to (a) direct bandgaps (b) a blue shift in the spectrum, and (c) an enhancement of the absorption intensity in the threshold-energy region. Some aspects of this behaviour appear not only in the symmetry direction associated with the superlattice axis, but also in the orthogonal plane directions. We conclude that, in contrast to Si/Ge, Si/SiO$_2$ superlattices show clear optical enhancement and a shift of the optical spectrum into the region useful for many opto-electronic applications.
Carrier Pierre
Chandre Dharma-wardana M. W.
Lewis Laurent J.
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