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Polaron properties in ternary group-III nitride mixed crystals

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Polaron properties are studied in bulk wurtzite nitride ternary mixed crystals AxB1-xN (A, B = Al, Ga, In) with the use of a dielectric continuum Fröhlich-like electron-phonon interaction Hamiltonian. The polaronic self-trapping energy and effective mass are analytically derived by taking the mixing properties of the LO and TO polarizations due to the anisotropy effect into account in the mono-phonon approximation. The numerical computation has been performed for the wurtzite ternary mixed crystal materials InxGa1-xN, AlxGa1-xN, and AlxIn1-xN as functions of the composition x. The results show that the polaronic self-trapping energies in the wurtzite structures are bigger than that in zinc-blende structures for the materials calculated. It is also found that the structure anisotropy increases the electron-phonon interaction in wurtizte nitride semiconductors. The results indicate that the LO-like phonon influence on the polaronic self-trapping energy and effective mass is dominant, and the anisotropy effect is obvious.

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  1. CCAST (World Laboratory), P.O. BOX 8730, Beijing 100080, P.R. China and College of Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, P.R. China

    Z. W. Yan

  2. Department of Physics, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, P.R. China

    Z. W. Yan, S. L. Ban & X. X. Liang

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Yan, Z., Ban, S. & Liang, X. Polaron properties in ternary group-III nitride mixed crystals. Eur. Phys. J. B 43, 339–345 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2005-00061-3

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