We investigate the self-consistent localized electron states which are related to charge carrier inhomogeneities in a TlGaSe₂ crystal, in the framework of the continuum and the deformational potential approaches. For this purpose a nonstandard dispersion law for charge carriers following from the ab initio band structure calculation of the considered crystal is utilized. It is shown that a formation of stable localized electron states with different bond energy, which are separated by the potential barrier, takes place. These states can be responsible for the occurrence of the deformational phase transition in the presence of the non-equilibrium charge carriers in TlGaSe₂.
We present a description of the symmetry-based method for the construction of the adiabatic potential of a symmetric molecule near the charged semiconductor surface. For this purpose, a transformation of the adiabatic potential of a free high symmetric molecule (D_{3d}) in the presence of uniform electric field is investigated. The obtained adiabatic potential is analyzed with respect to the stability of molecule in the vicinity of charged surface, as a dependence of its orientation in the electric field.
The models of the heterostructures based on the β-InSe, In₄Se₃ and In₄Te₃ crystals were proposed and the first-principles study of their electronic and optical properties were presented. The band spectra, the spatial distributions of the electron density and the absorption coefficients for different polarizations along crystal axes for the heterostructures of the (In₄Se₃)_m/(In₄Te₃)_m and β-InSe/In₄Se₃ type were calculated. The evolution of the changes in both energy spectrum and optical functions of the heterostructures in comparison with the bulk crystals has been analyzed. Our calculations point out the heterostructures stability and good agreement with the experimental investigations of the photosensitivity in the near and middle infrared region.
The influence of parameters of the dispersion law exhibiting a low-energy non-parabolicity for the In_{4}Se_{3} crystal on the plasma-electric effect occurring in the non-equilibrium plasma of this semiconductor was investigated under the circumstances that a longitudinal plasma wave propagates in its non-equilibrium plasma.
The investigation of the ab initio band structure and the resulting spatial electron density distribution of the In-Se system in the framework of the density functional theory and the elementary energy bands concept is presented. It gives us reliable information about the valence band structure and peculiarities of the chemical bonding in these crystals. Some regularities in the evolution of the elementary energy bands topology is established, together with the choice of the actual Wyckoff position that is responsible for this topology and, at the same time, for the valence band formation in the InSe, In_2Se_3, In_4Se_3, and In_6Se_7 crystals. The calculated Mulliken charges and the degree of ionicity allow to estimate the character of chemical bonding in these crystals.
For three-dimensional charge carriers described by the dispersion law with quartic terms of the wave vector, the density of states function similar as in the one-dimensional case was determined. This similarity allows the Pekar and Dejgen condenson states in the continuum approximation to exist. The calculated phonon spectrum reveals optical vibrations of a very low frequency, which favours the electron-phonon interaction and creation of the condenson states.
Based upon the ab initio band structure calculations results the dispersion law parameters of charge carriers of the orthorhombic In_4 Se_3 semiconductor as well as of its Sn- and Te-doped compounds were calculated. This allowed to estimate parameters of the electron condenson states in those compounds.
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