INFLUENCE OF LONGITUDINAL AND LATERAL CONFINEMENTS ON EXCITONS IN CYLINDRICAL QUANTUM DOTS OF SEMICONDUCTORS

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作者
LEGOFF, S [1 ]
STEBE, B [1 ]
机构
[1] ECOLE SUPER ELECT, OPTOELECTRON & MICROELECTRON LAB, F-57078 METZ 3, FRANCE
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1993年 / 47卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.47.1383
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
The ground-state energy of an exciton in a cylindrical quantum dot with finite potential barriers is calculated by the variation method within the envelope-function approximation. The computations are performed in the cases of infinite and finite band offsets. The limit of a strictly two-dimensional quantum disk is discussed. Our numerical results are particularized to the GaAs/Ga1-xAlxAs system with 0.10 less-than-or-equal-to x less-than-or-equal-to 0.30. In this case, the effect of the quantum confinement is the highest for dot dimensions near 50 angstrom.
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页码:1383 / 1391
页数:9
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