Electronic structure of imperfect Si/Ge heterostructures

Abstract
Local-density ab initio pseudopotential calculations have been carried out to study the electronic structure of imperfect Si/Ge superlattices. The interaction between the interfaces and substitutional defects results in interface-related localized resonances, and causes local perturbations in other states of the heterostructures. In particular, the antimony impurity shows a high degree of coupling to the superlattice. Analogous localization also occurs at germanium atoms replacing host atoms in the silicon layers. © 1996 The American Physical Society.