Research Paper: Investigation of Optical properties of Gallium Phosphide in Two Phases of Zincblend and Cinnabar

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1 Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

2 M. Sc. Graduate, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

In this paper, the optical properties of GaP in different phases have been investigated. The calculations were performed by using pseudopotential in the framework of density functional theory and using the PWscf code. The pseudopotentials applied here are generated using norm-conserving conditions within GGA for the exchange-correlation function. The optical properties of the Zincblend and Cinnabar phases reveal the conformity between the band structure and the imaginary part of the dielectric function, and the band gap and optical gap are almost equal. The refractive index obtained from the real part of the dielectric function in Zincblend is 3.306 and in the Cinnabar phase is 4.235 and 3.808 in the x and z directions, respectively.

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  • Receive Date: 15 October 2021
  • Revise Date: 18 February 2022
  • Accept Date: 28 February 2022

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