Tight-binding study of interface states in semiconductor heterojunctions
Abstract
Localized interface states in abrupt semiconductor heterojunctions are studied within a tight-binding model. The intention is to provide a microscopic foundation for the results of similar studies which were based upon the two-band model within the envelope function approximation. In a two-dimensional description, the tight-binding Hamiltonian is constructed such that the Dirac-like bulk spectrum of the two-band model is recovered in the continuum limit. Localized states in heterojunctions are shown to occur under conditions equivalent to those of the two-band model. In particular, shallow interface states are identified in non-inverted junctions with intersecting bulk dispersion curves. As a specific example, the GaSb-AlSb heterojunction is considered. The matching conditions of the envelope function approximation are analyzed within the tight-binding description.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0102128,
title = {Tight-binding study of interface states in semiconductor heterojunctions},
author = {A. V. Kolesnikov and R. Lipperheide and U. Wille},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0102128},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
RevTeX, 11 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B