Exciton Effects in Optical Absorption of Boron-Nitride Nanotubes

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2007-08-09

arxiv.org/abs/0708.1203v2

Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 48 (2009) 065007

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

4 pages, 3 figure

Scientific paper

10.1143/JJAP.48.065007

Exciton effects are studied in single-wall boron-nitride (BN) nanotubes. Linear absorption spectra are calculated with changing the chiral index of the zigzag nanotubes. We consider the extended Hubbard model with atomic energies at the boron and nitrogen sites. Exciton effects are calculated using the configuration interaction technique. The Coulomb interaction dependence of the band gap, the lowest exciton energy, and the binding energy of the exciton are discussed. The optical gap of the (5,0) nanotube is about 6 eV at the onsite interaction U=2t with the hopping integral t=1.2 eV. The binding energy of the exciton is 0.50 eV for these parameters. This energy agrees well with that of other theoretical investigations. We find that the energy gap and the binding energy are almost independent of the geometries of the nanotubes. This novel property is in contrast with that of the carbon nanotubes which show metallic and semiconducting properties depending on the chiral index.

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