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高等学校化学研究 ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (6): 996-1004.doi: 10.1007/s40242-016-6144-0

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Electronic and Optical Properties of B-and/or In-Doped GaAs Calculated Using Many-body Green's Function Theory

LIANG Dongmei1,2, LENG Xia1, MA Yuchen1   

  1. 1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China;
    2. College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Kaili University, Kaili 556011, P. R. China
  • 收稿日期:2016-04-13 修回日期:2016-06-16 出版日期:2016-12-01 发布日期:2016-08-01
  • 通讯作者: MA Yuchen, E-mail:myc@sdu.edu.cn E-mail:myc@sdu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21173130, 21433006 and 21573131) and the Science and Technology Foundation of Guizhou Province, China(No.QianKeHeJZiLKK[2013]No.27).

Electronic and Optical Properties of B-and/or In-Doped GaAs Calculated Using Many-body Green's Function Theory

LIANG Dongmei1,2, LENG Xia1, MA Yuchen1   

  1. 1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China;
    2. College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Kaili University, Kaili 556011, P. R. China
  • Received:2016-04-13 Revised:2016-06-16 Online:2016-12-01 Published:2016-08-01
  • Contact: MA Yuchen, E-mail:myc@sdu.edu.cn E-mail:myc@sdu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21173130, 21433006 and 21573131) and the Science and Technology Foundation of Guizhou Province, China(No.QianKeHeJZiLKK[2013]No.27).

摘要:

Using ab initio many-body Green's Function theory, the electronic and optical properties of pure BAs, InAs as well as B-and/or In-doped GaAs supercells were studied. The results show that the calculated quasiparticle band gaps of BAs and InAs are in agreement with the experiments. The electronic and optical absorption properties of B-and/or In-doped GaAs are very sensitive to the lattice constant models used in the calculations, which can explain the controversies in previous theoretical and experimental works. Under the lattice constant condition based on the Vegard's Law, the reduced band gap and the redshift of the first excited state E0 can be observed for InyGa1-yAs with In concentrations(atomic fractions) ranging from 0 to 15.625%, while the band gap increase and the blueshift of state E0 can be realized for BxGa1-xAs. However, an opposite trend can be found when the lattice constant is fixed to the experimental value, i.e., In doping leads to a band gap increase and a blueshift of the E0 state, while B doping results in a band gap decrease and a redshift of the E0 state. For BxGa1-x-yInyAs, the values of the band gap variation and the shift of state E0 are well located between the B and In mono-doping cases. It is worth mentioning that B doping does not introduce new impurity states in the band gap of GaAs or InyGa1-yAs.

关键词: GaAs, Doping, Electronic structure, Optical property, First principles calculation

Abstract:

Using ab initio many-body Green's Function theory, the electronic and optical properties of pure BAs, InAs as well as B-and/or In-doped GaAs supercells were studied. The results show that the calculated quasiparticle band gaps of BAs and InAs are in agreement with the experiments. The electronic and optical absorption properties of B-and/or In-doped GaAs are very sensitive to the lattice constant models used in the calculations, which can explain the controversies in previous theoretical and experimental works. Under the lattice constant condition based on the Vegard's Law, the reduced band gap and the redshift of the first excited state E0 can be observed for InyGa1-yAs with In concentrations(atomic fractions) ranging from 0 to 15.625%, while the band gap increase and the blueshift of state E0 can be realized for BxGa1-xAs. However, an opposite trend can be found when the lattice constant is fixed to the experimental value, i.e., In doping leads to a band gap increase and a blueshift of the E0 state, while B doping results in a band gap decrease and a redshift of the E0 state. For BxGa1-x-yInyAs, the values of the band gap variation and the shift of state E0 are well located between the B and In mono-doping cases. It is worth mentioning that B doping does not introduce new impurity states in the band gap of GaAs or InyGa1-yAs.

Key words: GaAs, Doping, Electronic structure, Optical property, First principles calculation