Valence-band maximum in the layered semiconductor WSe2: Application of constant-energy contour mapping by photoemission

Autor: Peter Blaha, P. Steiner, Ralph Claessen, M. Hengsberger, Th. Straub, Kai Fauth, Stefan Hüfner, Th. Finteis
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Physical Review B. 53:R16152-R16155
ISSN: 1095-3795
0163-1829
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.53.r16152
Popis: Angular-resolved photoemission data and a full-potential fully relativistic density-functional calculation on the electronic band structure of the layered semiconductor W${\mathrm{Se}}_{2}$ consistently show that the valence-band maximum is located at the sixfold-degenerate $K$ point of the Brillouin zone and not at its center, as earlier calculations have predicted. By mapping out constant energy contours with photoemission spectroscopy, the k space location of the valence-band maximum can be visualized in a very instructive way, demonstrating the potential of this spectroscopic technique also for semiconductors.
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