Spin-orbit splitting in semiconductor alloys
- 7 February 1974
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics
- Vol. 7 (3) , 516-520
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/7/3/008
Abstract
The spin-orbit splitting of electron energy levels in semiconductor alloys is considered at both the Gamma and Lambda points. It is shown that the spin-orbit splitting Delta 0 is decreased by alloying and the magnitude and composition dependence of this decrease are successfully accounted for. Arguments are presented to account for the negative bowing of the spin-orbit splitting at Gamma , and a moderately successful empirical expression for the magnitude of this bowing is introduced.Keywords
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