Calculation of valence subband structures for strained GaInP/AlGaInP quantum wells without axial approximation

Yun Xu; Xiaopeng Zhu; Qiaoqiang Gan; Guofeng Song; Qing Cao; Liang Guo; Yuzhang Li; Lianghui Chen

doi:10.1117/12.574932

31 January 2005 Calculation of valence subband structures for strained GaInP/AlGaInP quantum wells without axial approximation

Yun Xu, Xiaopeng Zhu, Qiaoqiang Gan, Guofeng Song, Qing Cao, Liang Guo, Yuzhang Li, Lianghui Chen

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Proceedings Volume 5624, Semiconductor and Organic Optoelectronic Materials and Devices; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.574932
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 2004, Beijing, China

Abstract

Usually in the calculation of valence subband structure for III-V direct bandgap material, axial approximation had been used in the Luttinger-Kohn model to simplify the computational efforts. In this letter, the valence subband structure for the GaInP/AlGaInP strained and lattice-matched quantum wells was calculated without axial approximation, on the basis of 6×6 Luttinger-Kohn Hamiltonian including strain and spin-orbit splitting effects. The numerical simulation results were presented with help of the finite-difference methods. The calculation results with/without axial approximation were compared and the effect of axial approximation on the valence subband structure was discussed in detail. The results indicated that there was a strong warping in the GaInP valence band, and axial approximation can lead to an error when k was not equal to zero, especially for compressively strained and lattice-matched GaInP/AlGaInP quantum wells.

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Yun Xu, Xiaopeng Zhu, Qiaoqiang Gan, Guofeng Song, Qing Cao, Liang Guo, Yuzhang Li, and Lianghui Chen "Calculation of valence subband structures for strained GaInP/AlGaInP quantum wells without axial approximation", Proc. SPIE 5624, Semiconductor and Organic Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, (31 January 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.574932

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