Large band gap bowing of InxGa1−xN alloys

M. D. McCluskey, C. G. Van de Walle, C. P. Master, L. T. Romano, N. M. Johnson
1998 Applied Physics Letters  
Band gap measurements have been performed on strained In x Ga 1Ϫx N epilayers with xр0.12. The experimental data indicate that the bowing of the band gap is much larger than commonly assumed. We have performed first-principles calculations for the band gap as a function of alloy composition and find that the bowing is strongly composition dependent. At xϭ0.125 the calculated bowing parameter is bϭ3.5 eV, in good agreement with the experimental values.
doi:10.1063/1.121072 fatcat:nt6lcggvdvf7tmvuts57a3ntmy