| Issue |
EPL
Volume 94, Number 2, April 2011
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| Article Number | 27001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/94/27001 | |
| Published online | 13 April 2011 | |
First-principles calculation of the AlAs/GaAs interface band structure using a self-energy–corrected local density approximation
1
Wernher von Braun Center for Advanced Research - Av. Alice de Castro P. N. Mattosinho 301, CEP 13098-392 Campinas, SP, Brazil
2
Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo - CP 66318, 05315-970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Received:
30
November
2010
Accepted:
10
March
2011
We apply a self-energy–corrected local density approximation (LDA) to obtain corrected bulk band gaps and to study the band offsets of AlAs grown on GaAs (AlAs/GaAs). We also investigate the AlxGa1−xAs/GaAs alloy interface, commonly employed in band gap engineering. The calculations are fully ab initio, with no adjustable parameters or experimental input, and at a computational cost comparable to traditional LDA. Our results are in good agreement with experimental values and other theoretical studies.
PACS: 71.15.Mb – Density functional theory, local density approximation, gradient and other corrections / 71.15.Qe – Excited states: methodology / 73.61.Ey – III-V semiconductors
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