
David Hobbs
Professor

The computation of linear and nonlinear optical constants of semiconductors
Author
Summary, in English
We review the problem posed by the calculation of the optical constants of solids and the adaptation of the equation-of-motion method for this purpose. In the past crystalline materials were studied by employing Bloch's theorem, but for amorphous materials and surfaces symmetry cannot generally be used to reduce the computation to manageable proportions. The equation-of-motion method avoids the need for diagonalization in calculating linear and nonlinear optical properties for large structural models of both crystalline and amorphous semiconductors. This approach should offer a practical technique for calculating the optical properties of large systems.
Publishing year
1996
Language
English
Pages
4691-4707
Publication/Series
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Volume
8
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1361-648X