Conduction band edge effective mass of La-doped BaSnO3

Abstract

BaSnO3 has attracted attention as a promising material for applications requiring wide band gap, high electron mobility semiconductors, and moreover possesses the same perovskite crystal structure as many functional oxides. A key parameter for these applications and for the interpretation of its properties is the conduction band effective mass. We measure the plasma frequency of La-doped BaSnO3 thin films by glancing incidence, parallel-polarized resonant reflectivity. Using the known optical dielectric constant and measured electron density, the resonant frequency determines the band edge electron mass to be 0.19 ± 0.01. The results allow for testing band structure calculations and transport models.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jun 20, 2016
Source ID
10.1063/1.4954671

Entities

People

  • Ka-Ming Law
  • S. J. Allen
  • Santosh Raghavan
  • Susanne Stemmer
  • Timo Schumann

Organizations

  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Naval Research
  • University of California

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene