I am a looking for step-by-step, clear and rigorous explanations of methodologies to compute electronic bands of semiconductors (GaAs for example) by solving the Schrodinger equation with the Kohn-Luttinger approach for instance. Everything I found requires prerequisite knowledge.
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Dear Antoine Mascia ,
You may use the tutorial in the link: https://nanohub.org/resources/4883/download/tutorial_semiempirical_bandstructure_methods.pdf
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P. Yu, M. Cardona (2005). Fundamentals of Semiconductors: Physics and Materials Properties (3rd ed.). Springer. Section 2.6, pp. 68 ff'. ISBN 3-540-25470-6. ^ Jump up to:a b c C. Kittel (1987). Quantum Theory of Solids (Second Revised Printing ed.). New York: Wiley. pp. 186–190. ISBN 0-471-62412-8. ^ Jump up to:a b c W. P. Harrison (1989) [1980]. Electronic Structure and the Properties of Solids (Reprint ed.). Dover Publications. pp. 158ff. ISBN 0-486-66021-4. ^ A direct gap semiconductor is one where the valence band maximum and conduction band minimum occur at the same position in k-space, usually the so-called Γ-point where k = 0. ^ Jump up to:a b Evan O. Kane (1957). "Band Structure of Indium Antimonide". Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 1: 249. Bibcode:1957JPCS....1..249K. doi:10.1016/0022-3697(57)90013-6. ^ J. M. Luttinger, W. Kohn (1955). "Motion of Electrons and Holes in Perturbed Periodic Fields". Physical Review. 97: 869. Bibcode:1955PhRv...97..869L. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.97.869.
S.L. Chuang (1995). Physics of Optoelectronic Devices (First ed.). New York: Wiley. pp. 124–190. ISBN 978-0-471-10939-6. OCLC 31134252
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Dear Antoine Mascia ,
You may use the tutorial in the link: https://nanohub.org/resources/4883/download/tutorial_semiempirical_bandstructure_methods.pdf
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