An intrinsic property of quaternary alloys A 1Ϫy B y C 1Ϫx D x (xϷ1 -3 %) with D being an isovalent trap is reported: a set of discrete band gaps occurs due to substitution of the isovalent trap D on sites with different nearest-neighbor environments. Exemplary, this phenomenon is demonstrated for ͑Ga,In͒͑N,As͒ by experiment and explained by tight-binding supercell calculations. The band gap of this nitrogen-poor alloy is blueshifted by simply moving the nitrogen isovalent traps from Ga-ligand rich sites to In-ligand rich sites, without changing the alloy composition.
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