Extraction of eight-band k · p parameters from empirical pseudopotentials for GeSn

Keyphrases

• Band Gap 50%
• Band-to-band Tunneling 25%
• Banded Structure 50%
• Effective Mass 50%
• Empirical Pseudopotential Method 100%
• GeSn 100%
• Indirect Bandgap Semiconductor 25%
• Interband 25%
• Matrix Elements 25%
• PI Model 75%
• PIN Diode 25%
• Pseudopotential 25%
• Pseudopotential Calculations 25%
• Quadratic Forms 25%
• Splitting off 25%
• Tunneling Current 25%
• Virtual Crystal Approximation 25%

Engineering

• Band Gap 100%
• Band Structure 66%
• Matrix Element 33%
• Phase Composition 33%
• Pseudopotential Calculation 33%
• Tunnel Construction 33%

Physics

• Energy Gaps (Solid State) 60%
• Form Factor 20%
• Pseudopotential 100%