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First principles study of the phonon dispersion and dielectric properties of wurtzite InP: Role of In 4d electrons

dc.contributor.authorMukhopadhyay, Saikat
dc.contributor.authorStewart, Derek
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-12T13:42:04Z
dc.date.available2014-05-12T13:42:04Z
dc.date.issued2014-02-13
dc.description.abstractAlthough wurtzite InP nanowires have recently been grown, an accurate description of the wurtzite InP phonon dispersion is still missing. We calculate the ab initio phonon dispersion of wurtzite and zinc-blende InP using density-functional perturbation theory and a real space supercell approach. Our predicted optical phonon frequencies agree well with measured Raman data from InP nanowires. We find that treating In 4d electrons as valence electrons is required to accurately describe InP lattice dynamics and dielectric constants, but including spin-orbit coupling has little effect. We also compare the sound velocities and specific heat and find that any difference in the thermal conductivity of InP polytypes should be due to differences in phonon-scattering rates.en_US
dc.identifier.citationS. Mukhopadhyay and D. A. Stewart, Phys. Rev. B, 89, 054302 (2014)en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.054302
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/36319
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen_US
dc.subjectphonon dispersionen_US
dc.subjectindium phosphideen_US
dc.subjectdielectric constanten_US
dc.subjectwurtziteen_US
dc.subjectdensity functional theoryen_US
dc.subjectRaman spectraen_US
dc.subjectInPen_US
dc.titleFirst principles study of the phonon dispersion and dielectric properties of wurtzite InP: Role of In 4d electronsen_US
dc.typearticleen_US

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