Eight-band k <middle dot> p description and material gain for selected cubic and pseudocubic perovskites

In this work, we investigate optical properties of inorganic and organic metal halide perovskites (CsPbX3 and MAPbX3 with X = {Cl, Br, I}). We use the eight-band k<middle dot>p model to calculate the electronic band structures for perovskite materials of cubic and pseudocubic phase. In order to find respective parameters, the band structures of considered materials were obtained within state-of-the-art density-functional theory and used next as targets to adjust the k<middle dot>p bands and determine the values of k<middle dot>p parameters. The calculated band structures were used to obtain the material gain for bulk crystals (CsPbCl3, CsPbBr3, CsPbI3, MAPbCl3, MAPbBr3, and MAPbI3), which is compared with the material gain in well-established III-V semiconductors. It was found that for these perovskites a positive material gain appears at lower carrier density than for the reference materials (GaAs and InP). We demonstrate that from the point of view of the electronic band structure, the studied perovskites are very promising gain medium for lasers.