Aim Seeing about the reliability of a fashionable pseudopotential method of superlattices. Methods Using group theory to analyze the band structure given by this method. Results We found this method bring on two consequences: one is the splitting of the degenerate states in band; the another is the changing of selection rule between forbidden transition to permitted transition
which will influence the behavior of superlattice optical absorption. Conclusion There exists quite limitation in this method which is popularly used.