The Physics of Electrons
Since the mid 1970's I have concentrated on
theoretical studies of (a) atomic structure, (b) ground state properties, (c)
electronic states, (d) photoemission, (e) optical absorption, (f) tunnelling, (g)
impurity and defect electron states in solids, (h) theory of Schottky barriers
at metal-semiconductor interfaces, and (i) first-principles calculations of
phonon frequencies in bulk and at surfaces. These studies include a variety
of theoretical techniques, such as tight-binding, empirical pseudopotential,
and ab-initio pseudopotential methods. I am one of the few researchers
outside USA to develop from scratch the self-consistent pseudopotential
method for studying ground state and electronic properties of solids,
surfaces, superlattices, metal-semiconductor interfaces, and calculation of
phonons from first-principles. For carrying out these studies we have
developed both a static or Hamiltonian approach (the Kohn-Sham method)
and a dynamic or Lagrangian approach (the Car-Parrinello method).
Occupied electronic states are studied using the local density approximation
(thus the Lagrangian approach becomes ab-initio molecular dynamics
approach). In order to study excited states in semiconductors and at their
surfaces we have recently developed the application of a simple, practical,
but physically appealing GW scheme for the self-energy operator. In our
latest development both electronic eigen solutions and equilibrium atomic
geometries are calculated by employing conjugate gradient schemes.
Although I am engaged in a number of projects, the most challenging of my
projects is modelling of metal-semiconductor interfaces and development of
a theory of Schottky barrier formation.
GP Srivastava
Last modified: Fri Feb 17 17:32:34 1995