Electronic and Optical Properties of Rock-Salt AlN under High Pressure via First-Principles Analysis

摘要

Electronic and optical properties of rock-salt AIN under high pressure are investigated by first-principlesmethod based on the plane-wave basis set.Analysis of band structures suggests that the rock-salt AIN has an indirectgap of 4.53 eV,which is in good agreement with other results.By investigating the effects of pressure on the energygap,the different movement of conduction band at X point below and above 22.5 GPa is predicted.The opticalproperties including dielectric function,absorption,reflectivity,and refractive index are also calculated and analyzed.Itis found that the rock-salt AIN is transparent from the partially ultra-violet to the visible light area and hardly does thetransparence affected by the pressure.Furthermore,the curve of optical spectrum will shift to high energy area (blueshift) with increasing pressure.