Simple calculations of energy levels in quantum wells of lattice-matched semiconductors with nonparabolic bands
- 1 May 1992
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 71 (9) , 4370-4376
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.350773
Abstract
Relations are presented for calculating electron and light‐hole energy levels in quantum wells on the basis of knowledge of the electron and light‐hole effective masses, the lattice constant, and the width of the well. The electron and light‐hole band nonparabolicity of semiconductors forming the well is accounted for. The nonparabolicity of the heavy‐hole band is neglected. The calculated values of En − LHn and En − HHn transition energies are in good agreement with recently published experimental data for various AlxGa1−xAs‐GaAs, Ga0.51In0.49P‐GaAs, and In0.53Ga0.47As‐InP quantum wells.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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