Spurious states free solutions of k·p Hamiltonian for heterostructures

K. I. Kolokolov; J. Li; Cun-Zheng Ning

doi:10.1117/12.480222

Spurious states free solutions of k·p Hamiltonian for heterostructures

K. I. Kolokolov, J. Li, Cun-Zheng Ning

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Abstract

We developed a method to eliminate the spurious solutions of the k·p Hamiltonian in the envelope function approximation applied to the quantized states of heterostructures by introducing an off-diagonal k ² term. This results in a modification in the fourth and higher order terms in k of the band dispersion, which keeps the dispersion at the F point but modifies it at large k so that converts spurious states to the harmless evanescent ones. We show that the modification to the Hamiltonian leads to the monotonic behavior of the conduction band as a function of k and thus removes the spurious solutions in the calculations of confined states for all popular III-V compounds and their alloys.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Editors	M. Osinski, H. Amano, P. Blood
Pages	265-272
Number of pages	8
Volume	4986
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.480222
State	Published - 2003
Externally published	Yes
Event	PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering: Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XI - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: Jan 27 2003 → Jan 31 2003

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Other	PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering: Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XI
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose, CA
Period	1/27/03 → 1/31/03

Keywords

Heterostructures
Multiband Hamiltonian
Spurious states

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics

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Kolokolov, KI, Li, J & Ning, C-Z 2003, Spurious states free solutions of k·p Hamiltonian for heterostructures. in M Osinski, H Amano & P Blood (eds), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. vol. 4986, pp. 265-272, PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering: Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XI, San Jose, CA, United States, 1/27/03. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.480222

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Spurious states free solutions of k·p Hamiltonian for heterostructures

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