{"title":"Investigation of strain-induced modulation on electronic and optical properties of monolayer of BSb","authors":"Raad Chegel , Ahmad I. Ayesh","doi":"10.1016/j.rio.2025.100900","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This work presents a comprehensive theoretical investigation of the electronic and optical responses of monolayer honeycomb boron antimony (h-BSb) and hexagonal boron phosphide (h-BP) under various biaxial strain conditions, employing a tight-binding approach validated through DFT calculations. Our findings reveal that monolayer h-BSb possesses a direct band gap that can be effectively modulated through mechanical strain: tensile strain raises the band gap, whereas compressive strain decreases it. This strain-induced tunability manifests directly in the optical spectra, where prominent optical peaks exhibit significant redshifts under compressive strain and blueshifts under tensile conditions. The refractive index <span><math><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>ω</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></math></span> demonstrates clear strain-dependent modulations, with the zero-frequency value increasing under compressive strain and decreasing under tensile deformation. Additionally, the DC Kerr effect displays a distinctive double-peak structure that shows high sensitivity to mechanical strain. Comparative analysis demonstrates that monolayer h-BSb exhibits lower-energy optical transitions and enhanced sensitivity to strain-induced peak displacement compared to h-BP. This superior performance stems from h-BSb’s small band gap and narrow interband separations at the points of high-symmetry in the Brillouin zone. These characteristics position h-BSb as a highly promising material for strain-engineered optoelectronic applications, particularly in infrared photodetectors and sensors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21151,"journal":{"name":"Results in Optics","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100900"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Results in Optics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666950125001282","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Physics and Astronomy","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This work presents a comprehensive theoretical investigation of the electronic and optical responses of monolayer honeycomb boron antimony (h-BSb) and hexagonal boron phosphide (h-BP) under various biaxial strain conditions, employing a tight-binding approach validated through DFT calculations. Our findings reveal that monolayer h-BSb possesses a direct band gap that can be effectively modulated through mechanical strain: tensile strain raises the band gap, whereas compressive strain decreases it. This strain-induced tunability manifests directly in the optical spectra, where prominent optical peaks exhibit significant redshifts under compressive strain and blueshifts under tensile conditions. The refractive index demonstrates clear strain-dependent modulations, with the zero-frequency value increasing under compressive strain and decreasing under tensile deformation. Additionally, the DC Kerr effect displays a distinctive double-peak structure that shows high sensitivity to mechanical strain. Comparative analysis demonstrates that monolayer h-BSb exhibits lower-energy optical transitions and enhanced sensitivity to strain-induced peak displacement compared to h-BP. This superior performance stems from h-BSb’s small band gap and narrow interband separations at the points of high-symmetry in the Brillouin zone. These characteristics position h-BSb as a highly promising material for strain-engineered optoelectronic applications, particularly in infrared photodetectors and sensors.