DocumentCode
1986285
Title
Prediction of band offsets of the ternary alloy Si1-x-y Snx Cy on Si
Author
Sen, Gopa ; Mukhopadhyay, Bratati ; Basu, P.K.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Radio Phys. & Electron., Univ. of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
fYear
2009
fDate
22-24 Dec. 2009
Firstpage
471
Lastpage
474
Abstract
The band offsets and band gap for strained Si1-x-ySnxCy layers grown on Si substrate are estimated. The hydrostatic strain, the uniaxial strain and the intrinsic alloy effect are considered separately. The model is verified with the available bandgap energy of binary material.
Keywords
band structure; internal stresses; photonic band gap; silicon; silicon compounds; tin compounds; Si; Si1-x-ySnxCy; band offsets; band structure; bandgap energy; binary material; hydrostatic strain; intrinsic alloy effect; strained layers; ternary alloy; uniaxial strain; Bandwidth; Capacitive sensors; Conducting materials; Germanium alloys; Lattices; Photonic band gap; Physics; Silicon alloys; Tin; Uniaxial strain; hydrostatic strain; ternary alloy; uniaxial and biaxial strain;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Emerging Trends in Electronic and Photonic Devices & Systems, 2009. ELECTRO '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location
Varanasi
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4846-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ELECTRO.2009.5441065
Filename
5441065
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