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dc.title | Application of analytical k.p model with envelope function approximation to intersubband transitions in n-type III-V semiconductor Γ quantum wells | |
dc.contributor.author | Cheah, C.W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tan, L.S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Karunasiri, G. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-07T04:23:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-07T04:23:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002-04-15 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Cheah, C.W., Tan, L.S., Karunasiri, G. (2002-04-15). Application of analytical k.p model with envelope function approximation to intersubband transitions in n-type III-V semiconductor Γ quantum wells. Journal of Applied Physics 91 (8) : 5105-5115. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1448890 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 00218979 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/81981 | |
dc.description.abstract | A 14-band k.p model combined with an envelope function approximation has been developed for the analysis of III-V semiconductor quantum wells by including the six Γ 7, Γ 8 conduction bands nonperturbatively. With appropriate approximations, the envelope functions associated with the Γ 7, Γ 8 bands can be expressed in terms of the two Γ 6 conduction band envelope functions, which are the most important components in the electron wave function of an n-type direct-gap III-V compound semiconductor quantum well of zincblende structure. The Schrödinger-type equations for the Γ 6 conduction band envelope functions are derived, together with the energy-dependent effective mass that includes the effect of band nonparabolicity, as well as the eigenenergy-dependent effective potential for the envelope wave functions. The Schrödinger-type equations and the boundary conditions for the conservation of probability flux in the 14-band k.p model are found to be different from those of the conventional effective mass model. The 14-band model is then applied to the study of intersubband transitions due to transverse magnetic (TM) and transverse electric (TE) mode infrared radiation in n-type Γ quantum wells, and the calculated absorption spectra are compared with those computed using an equivalent 8-band k.p model. It is found that the TM absorption spectra calculated using the two models are very similar, but the TE absorption spectra calculated using the 14-band model is up to 6 times higher than that calculated using the 8-band model. A design of the quantum well structure for enhancing TE absorption is also discussed. © 2002 American Institute of Physics. | |
dc.description.uri | http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1448890 | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING | |
dc.description.doi | 10.1063/1.1448890 | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | Journal of Applied Physics | |
dc.description.volume | 91 | |
dc.description.issue | 8 | |
dc.description.page | 5105-5115 | |
dc.description.coden | JAPIA | |
dc.identifier.isiut | 000174666600051 | |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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