Effect of the charges of impurity on the refractive index changes in parabolic quantum dot

The linear and nonlinear refractive index changes (RICs) in a disc-like parabolic quantum dot (QD) with impurity between the ground (L=0) and the first excited state (L=1) have been examined based on the computed energies and wave functions. The parabolic QD without impurity was taken into account for comparison. We found that the linear and total RIC of impurity QD decrease as the charge of the impurity is increased and increase with characteristic dot radius decreasing. The maximum of linear RIC of parabolic QD without impurity remains constant for different confinement strengths. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.