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- The Tauc-Lorentz model describes the dielectric constant of amorphous semiconductors but has limitations due to its non-analytic nature and mathematical shortcomings.
- A new self-consistent model is introduced that is fully analytic, incorporating Tauc-Lorentz's ε2 expression to improve accuracy, particularly at photon energies near or below the bandgap energy.
- This enhanced model has been successfully tested on silicon carbide (SiC) and silicon nitride (SiN) optical constants, providing a comprehensive characterization that includes effects like the Urbach tail, and allows analysis down to zero energy.
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Tauc-Lorentz model is commonly used to describe the dielectric constant of amorphous semiconductors as a function of few parameters. However, this model is not fully analytic and presents other mathematical shortcomings. A modified self-consistent model based on the integration of [E'-(E + ia)]-1 functions using Tauc-Lorentz`s ε2 expression as a weight function is presented. This new model is analytic and meets all other mathematical requirements of optical constants. The main difference with TL model stands at photon energies close to or smaller than the bandgap energy. The new model has been satisfactorily tested on SiC optical constants. Additionally, an analytic extension of the new model has been also developed to include the Urbach tail. The complete model has been tested with SiN optical constants, and it enables to extend the optical-constant characterization of materials down to zero energy.
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