Photo absorption enhancement in strained silicon nanowires: An atomistic study

Daryoush Shiri, M. Golam Rabbani, Jianqing Qi +2

The absorption spectra of silicon nanowires (SiNW) are calculated using semi-empirical $s{p}^3{d}^5{s}^{\ast }$ tight binding (TB) and Density Functional Theory (DFT) methods. The role o…