Effect of effective mass mismatch in CdS/CdTe heterojunctions on the fundamental design parameters of nanophotonic devices

Jose R. Villa-Angulo; Rafael Villa-Angulo; Karina Solorio-Ferrales; Silvia E. Ahumada-Valdez; Carlos E. Villa-Angulo

doi:10.1117/1.JNP.8.083096

20 January 2014 Effect of effective mass mismatch in CdS/CdTe heterojunctions on the fundamental design parameters of nanophotonic devices

Jose R. Villa-Angulo, Rafael Villa-Angulo, Karina Solorio-Ferrales, Silvia E. Ahumada-Valdez, Carlos E. Villa-Angulo

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Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 8, Issue 1, 083096 (January 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.8.083096

Abstract

Single- and multiple-quantum well (QW) nanophotonic devices, such as detectors and solar cells, are often fabricated by the concatenation of low-dimensional heterojunctions of different semiconductors. Quantum effects dominate the well structure, with dimensions of the order of several nanometers. At this width regime, even small variations in the fundamental material properties, such as band gap, dielectric constant, lattice constant, and effective mass of the materials, may give rise to errors in determining the fundamental design parameters. This, in turn, can significantly affect the device performance. In cadmium-sulfide/cadmium-telluride (CdS/CdTe) material system, the failure to include the mismatch of electronic effective masses can lead to <30% shift from the real position of the eigenstate energy levels, and <40% shift from the real position of quasi-Fermi levels E _Fn and E _Fp . In addition, depending on the width of the QW active layer, the absorption coefficient value can lead to <12% shift from its real value. These results prompt the need for accurate estimation of such errors in the precise analysis and design of CdS/CdTe heterojunction-based nanophotonic devices.

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Jose R. Villa-Angulo, Rafael Villa-Angulo, Karina Solorio-Ferrales, Silvia E. Ahumada-Valdez, and Carlos E. Villa-Angulo "Effect of effective mass mismatch in CdS/CdTe heterojunctions on the fundamental design parameters of nanophotonic devices," Journal of Nanophotonics 8(1), 083096 (20 January 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.8.083096

Published: 20 January 2014

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