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- Title
Electronic and optical properties of GaN under pressure: DFT calculations.
- Authors
Javaheri, Sahar; Boochani, Arash; Babaeipour, Manuchehr; Naderi, Sirvan
- Abstract
Optical and electronic properties of ZB, RS and WZ structures of gallium nitride (GaN) are studied in equilibrium and under pressure using the first-principles calculation in the density functional theory (DFT) framework to obtain quantities like dielectric function, loss function, reflectance and absorption spectra, refractive index and their relation parameters. The electronic properties are studied using EV-GGA and GGA approximations and the results calculated by EV-GGA approximation were found to be much closer to the experimental results. The interband electron transitions are studied using the band structure and electron transition peaks in the imaginary part of the dielectric function; these transitions occur in three structures from N-2 p orbital to Ga-4 s and Ga-4 p orbitals in the conduction band. Different optical properties of WZ structure were calculated in two polarization directions of (100) and (001) and the results were close to each other. Plasmon energy corresponding to the main peak of the energy-loss function in RS with the value of 26 eV was the highest one, which increased under pressure. In general, RS shows more different properties than WZ and ZB.
- Subjects
OPTICAL properties of gallium nitride; DENSITY functional theory; DIELECTRIC function; LOSS functions (Statistics); ABSORPTION spectra
- Publication
International Journal of Modern Physics B: Condensed Matter Physics; Statistical Physics; Applied Physics, 2017, Vol 31, Issue 32, p-1
- ISSN
0217-9792
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0217979217502617