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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 66, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.125207
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Nanoscale heterostructures are generally characterized by local strain variations. Because the atoms in such systems can be irregularly positioned, theroretical models and parameterizations that are restricted to hydrostatic and uniaxial strain are generally not applicable. To address this shortcoming, a method that enables the incorporation of general distortions into the empirical tight binding model is presented. The method shifts the diagonal Hamiltonian matrix elements due to displacements of neighboring atoms from their ideal bulk positions. The new, efficient, and flexible method is developed for zincblende semiconductors and employed to calculate gaps for GaAs and InAs under hydrostatic and uniaxial strain. Where experimental and theoretical data are available our new method compares favorably with other methods, yet it is not restricted to the cases of uniaxial or hydrostatic strain. Because our method handles arbitrary nearest-neighbor displacements it permits the incorporation of diagonal parameter shifts in general, three-dimensional nanoscale electronic structure simulations, such as the nanoelectronic modeling tool (NEMO 3D).
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