Many-Body Calculations of Excitons in Two-Dimensional GaN
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Computational Details
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Atomic Structures
3.2. Quasiparticle Bandstructures
3.3. Excitons
4. Conclusions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
2D | Two-dimensional |
DFT | Density-functional theory |
BSE | Bethe–Salpeter Equation |
QP | Quasiparticle |
RPA | Random-phase approximation |
PPA | Plasmon-pole approximation |
PW | Plane wave |
CBM | Conduction band minimum |
VBM | Valence band maximum |
SOC | Spin–orbit coupling |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Yachao. 2023. "Many-Body Calculations of Excitons in Two-Dimensional GaN" Crystals 13, no. 7: 1048. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13071048