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A Pseudopotential Approach to the Electron Band Structure of Tellurium
Author(s) -
Picard M.,
Hulin M.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.19670230215
Subject(s) - pseudopotential , maxima and minima , tellurium , electronic band structure , electron , coupling (piping) , physics , condensed matter physics , materials science , chemistry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis , inorganic chemistry , metallurgy
A semi‐empirical pseudopotential, derived from a study of the lead salts PbS, PbSe, PbTe, is used to compute some features of the band structure of Se and Te. For Te, this calculation confirmes previous results as the location of the band extrema. The effects of spin‐orbit coupling near the band extrema are evaluated and this yields a satisfactory picture of the main features of the band structure.