Optical properties of cubic and rhombohedral GeTe

David J. Singh

doi:10.1063/1.4807638

Optical properties of cubic and rhombohedral GeTe

Materials Science 2013-05-24 v1

Authors: David J. Singh

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Abstract

Calculations of the optical properties of GeTe in the cubic NaCl and rhombohedral ferroelectric structures are reported. The rhombohedral ferroelectric distortion increases the band gap from 0.11 eV to 0.38 eV. Remarkably, substantial changes in optical properties are found even at high energies up to 5 eV. The results are discussed in relation to the bonding of GeTe and to phase change materials based on it.

Keywords

optical conductivity electronic structure of materials electronic structure

Cite

@article{arxiv.1305.1910,
  title  = {Optical properties of cubic and rhombohedral GeTe},
  author = {David J. Singh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.1910},
  year   = {2013}
}

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