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The k p Method - Electronic Properties of Semiconductors

The k p Method - Electronic Properties of Semiconductors

von: Morten Willatzen, Lok C. Lew Yan Voon

Springer-Verlag, 2009

ISBN: 9783540928720, 452 Seiten

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The k p Method - Electronic Properties of Semiconductors


 

Foreword

6

Preface

9

Contents

11

Acronyms

18

Chapter 1 Introduction

19

What Is kp Theory?

19

Electronic Properties of Semiconductors

19

Other Books

21

Part I Homogeneous Crystals

22

Chapter 2 One-Band Model

23

Overview

23

kp Equation

23

Perturbation Theory

25

Canonical Transformation

25

Effective Masses

28

Electron

28

Light Hole

29

Heavy Hole

30

Nonparabolicity

30

Summary

31

Chapter 3 Perturbation Theory -- Valence Band

32

Overview

32

Dresselhaus--Kip--Kittel Model

32

Hamiltonian

32

Eigenvalues

36

L,M,N Parameters

37

Properties

45

Six-Band Model for Diamond

47

Hamiltonian

47

DKK Solution

55

Kane Solution

58

Wurtzite

60

Overview

60

Basis States

61

Chuang--Chang Hamiltonian

61

Gutsche--Jahne Hamiltonian

67

Summary

69

Chapter 4 Perturbation Theory -- Kane Models

70

Overview

70

First-Order Models

70

Four-Band Model

71

Eight-Band Model

72

Second-Order Kane Model

76

Löwdin Perturbation

76

Four-Band Model

77

Full-Zone kp Model

79

15-Band Model

79

Other Models

84

Wurtzite

84

Four-Band: Andreev-O'Reilly

85

Eight-Band: Chuang--Chang

86

Eight-Band: Gutsche--Jahne

86

Summary

92

Chapter 5 Method of Invariants

93

Overview

93

DKK Hamiltonian -- Hybrid Method

93

Formalism

98

Introduction

98

Spatial Symmetries

98

Spinor Representation

102

Valence Band of Diamond

102

No Spin

103

Magnetic Field

104

Spin-Orbit Interaction

107

Six-Band Model for Diamond

128

Spin-Orbit Interaction

129

k-Dependent Part

129

Four-Band Model for Zincblende

130

Eight-Band Model for Zincblende

131

Weiler Hamiltonian

131

14-Band Model for Zincblende

134

Symmetrized Matrices

135

Invariant Hamiltonian

137

T Basis Matrices

139

Parameters

142

Wurtzite

146

Six-Band Model

146

Quasi-Cubic Approximation

150

Eight-Band Model

151

Method of Invariants Revisited

154

Zincblende

154

Wurtzite

160

Summary

165

Chapter 6 Spin Splitting

166

Overview

166

Dresselhaus Effect in Zincblende

167

Conduction State

167

Valence States

167

Extended Kane Model

169

Sign of Spin-Splitting Coefficients

173

Linear Spin Splittings in Wurtzite

174

Lower Conduction-Band e States

176

A,B,C Valence States

177

Linear Spin Splitting

178

Summary

179

Chapter 7 Strain

180

Overview

180

Perturbation Theory

180

Strain Hamiltonian

180

Löwdin Renormalization

183

Valence Band of Diamond

183

DKK Hamiltonian

184

Four-Band Bir--Pikus Hamiltonian

184

Six-Band Hamiltonian

185

Method of Invariants

187

Strained Energies

190

Four-Band Model

190

Six-Band Model

192

Deformation Potentials

192

Eight-Band Model for Zincblende

193

Perturbation Theory

194

Method of Invariants

195

Wurtzite

196

Perturbation Theory

196

Method of Invariants

197

Examples

199

Summary

199

Part II Nonperiodic Problem

200

Chapter 8 Shallow Impurity States

201

Overview

201

Kittel--Mitchell Theory

202

Exact Theory

203

Wannier Equation

205

Donor States

206

Acceptor States

209

Luttinger--Kohn Theory

210

Simple Bands

211

Degenerate Bands

222

Spin-Orbit Coupling

225

Baldereschi--Lipari Model

226

Hamiltonian

228

Solution

229

Summary

231

Chapter 9 Magnetic Effects

232

Overview

232

Canonical Transformation

233

One-Band Model

233

Degenerate Bands

241

Spin-Orbit Coupling

243

Valence-Band Landau Levels

246

Exact Solution

246

General Solution

250

Extended Kane Model

251

Landé g-Factor

251

Zincblende

252

Wurtzite

254

Summary

255

Chapter 10 Electric Field

256

Overview

256

One-Band Model of Stark Effect

256

Multiband Stark Problem

257

Basis Functions

257

Matrix Elements of the Coordinate Operator

259

Multiband Hamiltonian

260

Explicit Form of Hamiltonian Matrix Contributions

264

Summary

266

Chapter 11 Excitons

267

Overview

267

Excitonic Hamiltonian

268

One-Band Model of Excitons

269

Multiband Theory of Excitons

271

Formalism

271

Results and Discussions

276

Zincblende

277

Magnetoexciton

278

Summary

280

Chapter 12 Heterostructures: Basic Formalism

282

Overview

282

Bastard's Theory

283

Envelope-Function Approximation

283

Solution

285

Example Models

286

General Properties

288

One-Band Models

289

Derivation

289

Burt--Foreman Theory

291

Overview

292

Envelope-Function Expansion

292

Envelope-Function Equation

296

Potential-Energy Term

303

Conventional Results

308

Boundary Conditions

314

Burt--Foreman Hamiltonian

315

Beyond Burt--Foreman Theory?

325

Sercel--Vahala Theory

327

Overview

327

Spherical Representation

328

Cylindrical Representation

333

Four-Band Hamiltonian in Cylindrical Polar Coordinates

338

Wurtzite Structure

345

Arbitrary Nanostructure Orientation

359

Overview

359

Rotation Matrix

359

General Theory

361

[110] Quantum Wires

362

Spurious Solutions

369

Summary

370

Chapter 13 Heterostructures: Further Topics

372

Overview

372

Spin Splitting

372

Zincblende Superlattices

372

Strain in Heterostructures

376

External Stress

376

Strained Heterostructures

378

Impurity States

380

Donor States

380

Acceptor States

381

Excitons

382

One-Band Model

382

Type-II Excitons

385

Multiband Theory of Excitons

386

Magnetic Problem

387

One-Band Model

388

Multiband Model

391

Static Electric Field

393

Transverse Stark Effect

393

Longitudinal Stark Effect

395

Multiband Theory

397

Chapter 14 Conclusion

399

Appendix A Quantum Mechanics and Group Theory

401

Löwdin Perturbation Theory

19

Variational Principle

401

Perturbation Formula

402

Group Representation Theory

19

Great Orthogonality Theorem

405

Characters

406

Angular-Momentum Theory

21

Angular Momenta

407

Spherical Tensors

407

Wigner-Eckart Theorem

408

Wigner 3j Symbols

408

Appendix B Symmetry Properties

409

Introduction

19

Zincblende

19

Point Group

405

Irreducible Representations

406

Diamond

21

Symmetry Operators

407

Irreducible Representations

407

Wurtzite

415

Irreducible Representations

418

Appendix C Hamiltonians

420

Basis Matrices

19

s=12

401

l=1

402

J=32

420

|JMJ"526930B States

19

Hamiltonians

21

Notations

407

Diamond

407

Zincblende

408

Wurtzite

408

Heterostructures

423

Summary of kp Parameters

415

References

438

Index

450