立方氮化硼单晶紫外吸收光谱的研究

Study of Cubic Boron Nitride Crystal UV Absorption Spectroscopy

对于在高温、高压下合成的人工立方氮化硼(cBN)片状单晶进行了紫外吸收光谱和第一性原理的能带结构研究。实验中采用了UV WINLAB光谱分析仪,数据分析由MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY软件进行拟合运算,通过特殊的石英夹具对样品的测试表明cBN的紫外吸收波长限为198nm,带隙为6.26eV。结合第一性原理计算的cBN的能带结构和电子态密度的计算,可以证实导致紫外光吸收的过程是价带电子吸收光子到导带的间接跃迁。文章实验结果与目前报道的cBN能带结构中禁带宽度的吻合较好,表明cBN具有良好的紫外特性,是一种具有发展前景的紫外光电和高温半导体器件材料。

UV absorption spectroscopy of artificial cubic boron nitride （cBN） single crystal flake, synthesized under high-temperature and high-pressure, was studied in the present paper. UV WINLAB spectrometer was used in the experiments, and MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY software was used for data analysis. The UV-cBN limit of 198 nm was showed in this test by a special fixture quartz sample. We calculated the energy gap by virtue of the formula：λ0 =1.24/Eg（μm）. The energy gap is 6. 26 eV. There are many viewpoints about the gap of cBN. By using the first-principles theory to calculate energy band structure and density of electronic states of cBN, an indirect transition due to electronics in valence band jumping into conduction band by absorbing photon can be confirmed. That leads to UV absorption. The method of calculation was based on the quantum mechanics of CASTEP in the commercial software package of Cerius2 in the Co. Accerlrys in the United States. The theory of CASTEP is based on local density approximation or gradient corrected LDA. The crystal parameter of cBN was input to the quantum mechanics of CASTEP in order to construct the crystal parameter model of cBN. We calculated the energy gap of cBN by the method of gradient corrected LDA. The method underestimates the value of nonconductor by about 1 to 2 eV. We gaot some opinions as follows： cBN is indirect band semiconductor. The energy gap is 4. 76 eV, less than our experiment. The reason may be defect that we ignored in calculating process. It was reported that the results by first principles method of calculation of the band generally was less than the experimental results. This paper shows good UV characteristics of cBN because of the good agreement of experimental results with the cBN band width. That is a kind of development prospect of UV photo-electronic devices and high- temperature semiconductor devices.