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Electronic structure of nanometer-scale semiconductor wires

Persson, Martin LU and Xu, Hongqi LU (2003) IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology p.111-114
Abstract
We report a theoretical study of the electronic structure and optical properties of GaAs nanowires grown in the [111] direction with a hexagonal cross section, based on a tight-binding approach. It is shown that in the nanowires the degeneracy of the light-hole and heavy-hole bands at the Γ-point seen in the bulk material is lifted, and the light-hole state is located above the heavy-hole state, in strong contrast to the prediction by effective mass theory. The imaginary part of the dielectric function of the nanowires is also calculated and the absorption spectra is found to be strongly polarized
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effective mass theory, hole state, bulk material, hole bands, tight binding technique, hexagonal cross section, GaAs nanowires [111] direction, optical properties, electronic structure, nanometer scale semiconductor wires, GaAs, absorption spectra, nanowires, polarization, dielectric function
host publication
2003 Third IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology. IEEE-NANO 2003. Proceedings (Cat. No.03TH8700)
pages
111 - 114
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology
conference location
San Francisco, CA, United States
conference dates
2003-08-12 - 2003-08-14
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  • wos:000185389900029
  • scopus:84943244022
ISBN
0-7803-7976-4
DOI
10.1109/NANO.2003.1231727
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English
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32416d76-8286-4153-aa4a-7699dd3c554f (old id 612113)
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  abstract     = {{We report a theoretical study of the electronic structure and optical properties of GaAs nanowires grown in the [111] direction with a hexagonal cross section, based on a tight-binding approach. It is shown that in the nanowires the degeneracy of the light-hole and heavy-hole bands at the Γ-point seen in the bulk material is lifted, and the light-hole state is located above the heavy-hole state, in strong contrast to the prediction by effective mass theory. The imaginary part of the dielectric function of the nanowires is also calculated and the absorption spectra is found to be strongly polarized}},
  author       = {{Persson, Martin and Xu, Hongqi}},
  booktitle    = {{2003 Third IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology. IEEE-NANO 2003. Proceedings (Cat. No.03TH8700)}},
  isbn         = {{0-7803-7976-4}},
  keywords     = {{effective mass theory; hole state; bulk material; hole bands; tight binding technique; hexagonal cross section; GaAs nanowires [111] direction; optical properties; electronic structure; nanometer scale semiconductor wires; GaAs; absorption spectra; nanowires; polarization; dielectric function}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{111--114}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Electronic structure of nanometer-scale semiconductor wires}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2003.1231727}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/NANO.2003.1231727}},
  year         = {{2003}},
}