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Supported ParametersΒΆ

The following parameters are available for unstrained binaries, ternaries, and quaternaries, although not every material has every parameter:

Parameter Description
CBO conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
CBO_Gamma Gamma-valley conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
CBO_L L-valley conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
CBO_X X-valley conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
Delta_SO split-off energy
Eg bandgap energy
Eg_Gamma Gamma-valley bandgap energy
Eg_Gamma_0 Gamma-valley bandgap energy at 0 K
Eg_L L-valley bandgap energy
Eg_L_0 L-valley bandgap energy at 0 K
Eg_X X-valley bandgap energy
Eg_X_0 X-valley bandgap energy at 0 K
Ep Ep interband matrix element
F F Kane remote-band parameter
VBO valance band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
a lattice parameter
a_300K lattice parameter at 300 K
a_c conduction band deformation potential
a_v valance band deformation potential
alpha_Gamma Gamma-valley Varshni alpha parameter
alpha_L L-valley Varshni alpha parameter
alpha_X X-valley Varshni alpha parameter
b b shear deformation potential
beta_Gamma Gamma-valley Varshni beta parameter
beta_L L-valley Varshni beta parameter
beta_X X-valley Varshni beta parameter
c11 c11 elastic constant
c12 c12 elastic constant
c44 c44 elastic constant
d d shear deformation potential
electron_affinity electron affinity energy
luttinger1 first Luttinger parameter
luttinger2 second Luttinger parameter
luttinger3 third Luttinger parameter
luttinger32 difference between third and second Luttinger parameters (luttinger3 - luttinger2)
meff_SO split-off band effective mass
meff_e_Gamma electron effective mass in the Gamma-valley
meff_e_Gamma_0 electron effective mass in the Gamma-valley at 0 K
meff_e_L_DOS electron effective mass density of states in the L-valley
meff_e_L_long electron effective mass in the longitudinal direction in the L-valley
meff_e_L_trans electron effective mass in the transverse direction in the L-valley
meff_e_X_DOS electron effective mass density of states in the X-valley
meff_e_X_long electron effective mass in the longitudinal direction in the X-valley
meff_e_X_trans electron effective mass in the transverse direction in the X-valley
meff_hh_100 heavy-hole effective mass in the <100> direction
meff_hh_110 heavy-hole effective mass in the <110> direction
meff_hh_111 heavy-hole effective mass in the <111> direction
meff_lh_100 light-hole effective mass in the <100> direction
meff_lh_110 light-hole effective mass in the <110> direction
meff_lh_111 light-hole effective mass in the <111> direction
nonparabolicity Kane band nonparabolicity parameter for the Gamma-valley
thermal_expansion lattice parameter thermal expansion coefficient

The following parameters are available for strained materials:

Parameter Description
CBO conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
CBO_Gamma Gamma-valley conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
CBO_L L-valley conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
CBO_X X-valley conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
CBO_hydrostatic_strain_shift shift in the conduction band offset energy due to the hydrostatic strain component
CBO_strain_shift total shift in the conduction band offset energy due to strain
Eg bandgap energy
Eg_hh bandgap energy between the conduction band and the heavy-hole band
Eg_lh bandgap energy between the conduction band and the light-hole band
Eg_strain_shift total shift in the bandgap energy due to strain
VBO valance band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
VBO_hh heavy-hole valance band offset energy
VBO_hh_strain_shift total shift in the heavy-hole valance band offset energy due to strain
VBO_hydrostatic_strain_shift shift in the valance band offset energy due to the hydrostatic strain component
VBO_lh light-hole valance band offset energy
VBO_lh_strain_shift total shift in the light-hole valance band offset energy due to strain
VBO_strain_shift total shift in the valance band offset energy due to strain
VBO_uniaxial_strain_shift shift in the valance band offset energy due to the uniaxial strain component
electron_affinity electron affinity energy
meff_e_Gamma electron effective mass in the Gamma-valley
strain_in_plane strain in the in-plane directions
strain_out_of_plane strain in the out-of-plane direction (the strain measured by X-ray diffraction symmetric omega-2theta scans)
substrate_a substrate lattice parameter