Supported Parameters

The following parameters are available for unstrained binaries, ternaries, and quaternaries, although not every material has every parameter:

Parameter	Description
CBO	conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
CBO_Gamma	Gamma-valley conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
CBO_L	L-valley conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
CBO_X	X-valley conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
Delta_SO	split-off energy
Eg	bandgap energy
Eg_Gamma	Gamma-valley bandgap energy
Eg_Gamma_0	Gamma-valley bandgap energy at 0 K
Eg_L	L-valley bandgap energy
Eg_L_0	L-valley bandgap energy at 0 K
Eg_X	X-valley bandgap energy
Eg_X_0	X-valley bandgap energy at 0 K
Ep	Ep interband matrix element
F	F Kane remote-band parameter
P
VBO	valance band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
a	lattice parameter
a_300K	lattice parameter at 300 K
a_c	conduction band deformation potential
a_v	valance band deformation potential
alpha_Gamma	Gamma-valley Varshni alpha parameter
alpha_L	L-valley Varshni alpha parameter
alpha_X	X-valley Varshni alpha parameter
b	b shear deformation potential
beta_Gamma	Gamma-valley Varshni beta parameter
beta_L	L-valley Varshni beta parameter
beta_X	X-valley Varshni beta parameter
c11	c11 elastic constant
c12	c12 elastic constant
c44	c44 elastic constant
d	d shear deformation potential
dielectric	static relative dielectric permittivity (i.e. <~ 1 THz)
dielectric_high_frequency	high-frequency dielectric permittivity (i.e. >~ 100 THz)
electron_affinity	electron affinity energy
luttinger1	first Luttinger parameter
luttinger2	second Luttinger parameter
luttinger3	third Luttinger parameter
luttinger32	difference between third and second Luttinger parameters (luttinger3 - luttinger2)
luttinger4
meff_SO	split-off band effective mass
meff_e_Gamma	electron effective mass in the Gamma-valley
meff_e_Gamma_0	electron effective mass in the Gamma-valley at 0 K
meff_e_L_DOS	electron effective mass density of states in the L-valley
meff_e_L_long	electron effective mass in the longitudinal direction in the L-valley
meff_e_L_trans	electron effective mass in the transverse direction in the L-valley
meff_e_X_DOS	electron effective mass density of states in the X-valley
meff_e_X_long	electron effective mass in the longitudinal direction in the X-valley
meff_e_X_trans	electron effective mass in the transverse direction in the X-valley
meff_hh_100	heavy-hole effective mass in the <100> direction
meff_hh_110	heavy-hole effective mass in the <110> direction
meff_hh_111	heavy-hole effective mass in the <111> direction
meff_lh_100	light-hole effective mass in the <100> direction
meff_lh_110	light-hole effective mass in the <110> direction
meff_lh_111	light-hole effective mass in the <111> direction
meff_so	split-off band effective mass from the literature
n_A	refractive index constant A
n_B	refractive index constant B
nonparabolicity	Kane band nonparabolicity parameter for the Gamma-valley
refractive_index
thermal_expansion	lattice parameter thermal expansion coefficient

The following parameters are available for strained materials:

Parameter	Description
CBO	conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
CBO_Gamma	Gamma-valley conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
CBO_L	L-valley conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
CBO_X	X-valley conduction band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
CBO_hydrostatic_strain_shift	shift in the conduction band offset energy due to the hydrostatic strain component
CBO_strain_shift	total shift in the conduction band offset energy due to strain
Eg	bandgap energy
Eg_hh	bandgap energy between the conduction band and the heavy-hole band
Eg_lh	bandgap energy between the conduction band and the light-hole band
Eg_strain_shift	total shift in the bandgap energy due to strain
VBO	valance band offset energy relative to InSb VBO
VBO_hh	heavy-hole valance band offset energy
VBO_hh_strain_shift	total shift in the heavy-hole valance band offset energy due to strain
VBO_hydrostatic_strain_shift	shift in the valance band offset energy due to the hydrostatic strain component
VBO_lh	light-hole valance band offset energy
VBO_lh_strain_shift	total shift in the light-hole valance band offset energy due to strain
VBO_strain_shift	total shift in the valance band offset energy due to strain
VBO_uniaxial_strain_shift	shift in the valance band offset energy due to the uniaxial strain component
electron_affinity	electron affinity energy
strain_in_plane	strain in the in-plane directions
strain_out_of_plane	strain in the out-of-plane direction (the strain measured by X-ray diffraction symmetric omega-2theta scans)
substrate_a	substrate lattice parameter