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Universal behavior of the band gap as a function of the atomic mean-square displacement in laser-excited silicon

Universal behavior of the band gap as a function of the atomic mean-square displacement in... AbstractWe performed systematic ab-initio molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of fs-laser-excited silicon (Si) using the Te-dependent density functional theory (DFT). We considered the case in which the potential energy surface (PES) is strongly modified by the laser excitation, so that nonthermal melting occurs. We analyzed the correlation between the time dependence of electronic properties like the band gap and the laser-induced atomic motion. Surprisingly, we found that the indirect electronic band gap decreases as a universal function of the atomic mean-square displacement (MSD) almost independently of the electronic temperature (laser fluence) and that the dependence is linear for a wide range of MSDs. We also found that a universal dependence is also present when analyzing the band gap as a function of the relative Bragg peak intensities, which can be directly measured in experiments. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Advanced Optical Technologies de Gruyter

Universal behavior of the band gap as a function of the atomic mean-square displacement in laser-excited silicon

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Publisher
de Gruyter
Copyright
©2020 THOSS Media & De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston
ISSN
2192-8584
eISSN
2192-8584
DOI
10.1515/aot-2019-0063
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Abstract

AbstractWe performed systematic ab-initio molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of fs-laser-excited silicon (Si) using the Te-dependent density functional theory (DFT). We considered the case in which the potential energy surface (PES) is strongly modified by the laser excitation, so that nonthermal melting occurs. We analyzed the correlation between the time dependence of electronic properties like the band gap and the laser-induced atomic motion. Surprisingly, we found that the indirect electronic band gap decreases as a universal function of the atomic mean-square displacement (MSD) almost independently of the electronic temperature (laser fluence) and that the dependence is linear for a wide range of MSDs. We also found that a universal dependence is also present when analyzing the band gap as a function of the relative Bragg peak intensities, which can be directly measured in experiments.

Journal

Advanced Optical Technologiesde Gruyter

Published: Jun 25, 2020

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