Palestine Technical University Research Journal
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The optical properties for wurtzite (WZ) Bulk GaP and GaP nanowires (GaP-NWs) in hexagonal(circular), triangular and square cross sectional are investigated by using full potential linear augmented plane waves and local orbitals (FP-LAPW-LO) method based on density functional theory (DFT). The wurtzite nanowires are investigated with diameters limited to ~27 oA. The optical functions as a function of photon energy have been investigated for unstrained bulk WZ-GaP and WZ-GaP-NWs in the first part. Finally, the optical functions are investigated for WZ-GaP-NWs by applying uniaxial strain from -5% to +5%. The effect of cross sectional variation in the area and shape of the NWs on the optical functions is clear when compared with bulk GaP. GaP-NWs kept real dielectric constant positive and refractive index close to vacuum value for a wider range of energy on the contrary of bulk GaP. It is found that the dielectric constants are slightly increased from the unstrained GaP-NWs values with strain increases. A shift in the threshold energy for toward higher energy as the strain changes from tensile to compressive. The refractive index shows a small change when passing from compressive toward tensile strain. It is found that GaP-NWs could play a role in solar cells structure and high speed electronic circuits.
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Mohammad, Rezek
(2020)
"Uniaxial Strain and Optical properties of GaP Nanowires,"
Palestine Technical University Research Journal: Vol. 8:
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2, Article 9.
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