The band structure, density of states, electron density difference and optical properties of intrinsic β-Ga2O3 and N-doped β-Ga2O3 were calculated using first-principles based on density functional theory. After N d...The band structure, density of states, electron density difference and optical properties of intrinsic β-Ga2O3 and N-doped β-Ga2O3 were calculated using first-principles based on density functional theory. After N doping, the band gap decreases, shallow acceptor impurity levels are introduced over the top of the valence band and the absorption band edge is slightly red-shifted compared to that of the intrinsic one. The anisotropic optical properties are investigated by means of the complex dielectric function, which are explained by the selection rule of the band-to-band transitions. All calculation results indicate that N-doping is a very promising method to get P-type β-Ga2O3.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10974077)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (Grant No. 2009ZRB01702)the Project of Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program (Grant No. J10LA08)
文摘The band structure, density of states, electron density difference and optical properties of intrinsic β-Ga2O3 and N-doped β-Ga2O3 were calculated using first-principles based on density functional theory. After N doping, the band gap decreases, shallow acceptor impurity levels are introduced over the top of the valence band and the absorption band edge is slightly red-shifted compared to that of the intrinsic one. The anisotropic optical properties are investigated by means of the complex dielectric function, which are explained by the selection rule of the band-to-band transitions. All calculation results indicate that N-doping is a very promising method to get P-type β-Ga2O3.
