Tight-Binding Bandstructure of and phase GaO and AlO
arXiv:2111.03959 · doi:10.1063/5.0074598
Abstract
Rapid design and development of the emergent ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors GaO and AlO requires a compact model of their electronic structures, accurate over the broad energy range accessed in future high-field, high-frequency, and high-temperature electronics and visible and ultraviolet photonics. A minimal tight-binding model is developed to reproduce the first-principles electronic structures of the and phases of GaO and AlO throughout their reciprocal spaces. Accurately reproducing the bandgap, orbital character, and effective mass and high-energy features of the conduction band, this compact model will assist in the investigation and design of the electrical and optical properties of bulk materials, devices, and quantum confined heterostructures.