EMPIRICAL PSEUDOPOTENTIAL BAND-STRUCTURE CALCULATION FOR ZN1-XCDXSYSE1-Y QUATERNARY ALLOY
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- Jan 01, 1993
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Abstract
The band structure of the Zn1-xCdxSySe1-y quaternary alloy is calculated using the empirical pseudopotential method and the virtual crystal approximation. The alloy is found to be a direct-gap semiconductor for all x and y composition. Polynomial approximation is obtained for the energy gap as a function of the composition x and y. Electron and hole effective masses are also calculated along various symmetry axes for different compositions and the results agree fairly well with available experimental values.