Electronic structure, structural and optical properties of thermally evaporated CdTe thin films

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作者
Lalitha, S.
Karazhanov, S. Zh.
Ravindran, P.
Senthilarasu, S.
Sathyamoorthy, R.
Janabergenov, J.
机构
[1] Univ Oslo, Dept Chem, N-0315 Oslo, Norway
[2] Kongunadu Arts & Sci Coll, R&D Dept Phys, Coimbatore 641029, Tamil Nadu, India
[3] Phys Tech Inst, Tashkent 700084, Uzbekistan
[4] Karakalpak State Pedag Inst, Karakalpakstan 742005, Uzbekistan
关键词
CdTe; ab initio calculations; carrier effective masses; optical spectra;
D O I
10.1016/j.physb.2006.04.008
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
Thin films of CdTe were deposited on glass substrates by thermal evaporation. From the XRD measurements it is found that the films are of zinc-blende-type structure. The lattice parameter was determined as a = 6.529 angstrom, which is larger than 6.48 angstrom of the powder sample, because the recrystallized lattice of the grown films is subjected to a compressive stress aroused as a result of the lattice mismatch and/or differences in thermal expansion coefficient between the CdTe and the underlying substrate. Transmittance, absorption, extinction and refractive coefficients are measured. Electronic structure, band parameters and optical spectra of CdTe were calculated from ab initio studies within the LDA and LDA + U approximations. It is shown that LDA underestimates the band gap, energy levels of the Cd4d states, s-d coupling and band dispersion. However, it calculates the spin-orbit coupling correctly. LDA + U did not increase much the band gap value, but it corrected the s-d coupling by shifting the Cd4d levels towards the experimentally determined location and by splitting the LDA-derived single s peak into two peaks, which originates from admixture of s and d states. It is shown that the s-d coupling plays an important role in absorption and reflectivity constants. The calculated optical spectra fairly agree with experimental data. Independent of wave vector scissors operator is found to be a good first approximation to shift rigidly the band gap of CdTe underestimated by LDA. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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