Abstract
ABSTRACTThe optical absorption from an indirect L-T point valence band transition in bismuth nanowires is simulated based on a surface sensitive term, which is very weak in bulk bismuth, but effectively couples the L and T point bands in bismuth nanowires. The experimental Fourier transform infrared absorption spectra in the energy range 0.08 to 0.5 eV are compared to theoretical simulations for absorption resulting from indirect interband transitions between subbands at the L point valence band to subbands at the T point valence band as the polarization, tellurium doping, and wire diameter are varied. The simulated absorption from this indirect transition reproduces many of the experimentally observed trends and allows us to conclude that the dominant feature in the experimental absorption spectra of Bi nanowires results from an indirect L-T point transition which is enhanced in Bi nanowires.
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