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Modeling of temperature effects on band structure in type-II superlattices using an empirical tight-binding method

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The band edge energy and effective mass of type II superlattices on a (0 0 1) GaSb substrate at different temperatures have been investigated using the empirical sp3s∗ tight-binding method. The band gap of InAs/GaSb superlattices and InAs/GaSb/AlSb/GaSb M-structure as a function of temperature is fitted using empirical Varshni’s equation. The effective mass as a function of temperature was also calculated by employing the numerical second derivative of the band energy dispersion curve. Based on the above calculation model, the analytical and numerical model of P–π–M–N device structure of superlattices model as an example was established to describe the dependence of band structure on the working temperature, which will provide guidance to achieve the higher performance.

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, China

    Xubo Zhu & Wanqi Jie

  2. China Airborne Missile Academy, Luoyang, 471099, China

    Xubo Zhu, Yanqiu Lyu, Zhenyu Peng, Jinchun Wang, Yingjie He, Mo Li, Lixue Zhang & Zhenming Ji

  3. Aviation Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Infrared Detector, Luoyang, 471099, China

    Xubo Zhu, Yanqiu Lyu, Zhenyu Peng, Jinchun Wang, Yingjie He, Mo Li & Lixue Zhang

  4. Henan Antimonide Infrared Detector Engineering Technology Center, Luoyang, 471099, China

    Xubo Zhu, Yanqiu Lyu, Zhenyu Peng, Jinchun Wang, Yingjie He, Mo Li, Lixue Zhang & Zhenming Ji

  5. National ASIC System Engineering Research Center, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China

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Zhu, X., Jie, W., Lyu, Y. et al. Modeling of temperature effects on band structure in type-II superlattices using an empirical tight-binding method. Appl. Phys. A 128, 599 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-022-05740-5

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