Ab initio calculation of structural and lattice-dynamical properties of silicon carbide

K. Karch, P. Pavone, W. Windl, O. Schütt, and D. Strauch
Theoretische Physik, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany

Received 8 August 1994

The plane-wave pseudopotential approach to density-functional theory (DFT) in the local-density approximation has been applied to investigate a variety of ground-state properties of the 3C, 2H, and 4H polytypes of silicon carbide. The linear-response theory within DFT has been used to obtain lattice-dynamical properties of cubic SiC such as the phonon-dispersion curves, phonon eigenvectors, elastic and Grüneisen constants, as well as the thermal expansion coefficient and specific heat within the quasiharmonic approximation. Finally, we present some results for phonon-dispersion curves in the hexagonal 2H (wurtzite) and 4H structure. These results are analyzed and discussed in view of further applications to temperature-dependent properties.

ROSSANA HERNANDEZ

CI 19234948

ESTADO SOLIDO

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.50.17054

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