Consistent structural properties for AlN, GaN, and InN
- 15 March 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 51 (12) , 7866-7869
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.51.7866
Abstract
The plane-wave pseudopotential method is used to calculate structural properties for wurtzite and zinc-blende AlN and InN using large plane-wave basis sets and treating the indium 4d electrons as valence. These calculations, together with corresponding ones for GaN [A. F. Wright and J. S. Nelson, Phys. Rev. B 50, 2159 (1994)], yield a consistent set of well-converged structural properties for AlN, GaN, and InN. In particular, the measured lattice mismatch among these compounds—essential for an accurate description of alloy properties—is well reproduced.Keywords
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