Title :
Novel nonlinear interpolation for Si1−xGex bandstructure parameters
Author :
Sant, Saurabh ; Lodha, Saurabh ; Ganguly, Utsav ; Ganguly, Shaumik
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India
Abstract :
Novel nonlinear interpolation methods for accurately calculating the band-energies and band-offsets of silicon-germanium alloys and the results thereof are presented herein.
Keywords :
Ge-Si alloys; conduction bands; energy gap; interpolation; semiconductor materials; valence bands; Si1-xGex; band energy; band offset; band structure parameters; conduction bands; nonlinear interpolation methods; silicon-germanium alloys; valence bands; Effective mass; Interpolation; Metals; Photonic band gap; Silicon; Silicon germanium; Substrates; alloy; band-offset; bandgap; silicon-germanium; strain;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices and Solid State Circuit (EDSSC), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bangkok
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5694-7
DOI :
10.1109/EDSSC.2012.6482846