Band offsets in III-nitride heterostructures


Unlu H., ASENOV A.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, cilt.35, sa.7, ss.591-594, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1088/0022-3727/35/7/303
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.591-594
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

We present a theoretical investigation of band offsets in GaN-based group III-nitride ternary/binary heterostructures with zinc blende structure. The band offsets in InGaN/GaN and AlGaN/GaN heterostructures were studied using the recently proposed extended sp(3) tight binding model (Unlu H 2001 Phys. Status Solidi. b 223 195). Simulations show a small valence band offset in AlGaN/GaN heterostructure and large valence band offset in the InGaN/GaN heterostructure. Furthermore, the tensile strain in AlGaN leads to positive bowing of the conduction band offsets in AlGaN/GaN heterostructure, and the compressive strain in InGaN leads to negative bowing of conduction band offsets in InGaN/GaN heterostructure as a function of composition. Good agreement is found between predictions and experiment.