Abstract
The conduction-band effective masses in InxGa1−xAs with a complete range of composition, and InAlGaAs and InGaAsP alloys covering the complete range of lattice matched to InP have been determined by far-infrared optically detected cyclotron resonance and magnetophotoconductivity measurements. It is found that the measured effective masses as a function of alloy composition are heavier than the values predicted from the five-band k⋅p theory. We show that this discrepancy can be resolved by including the effect of disorder-induced potential fluctuations that causes the wave function mixing between conduction and valence bands. We find that the strength of the potential fluctuations can be well described in terms of the Phillips electronegativity difference related to chemical disorder.
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