We present a theoretical investigation of the electronic and optical properties of V- and T-shaped quantum wires. Valence-band mixing as well as realistic sample geometries are fully included through an accurate and efficient approach that is described here in detail. We investigate the resulting valence-band structure, which shows some significant peculiarities, such as an anomalously large spin splitting in the lowest heavy-hole subband of T-shaped wires. For both classes of wires we obtain good agreement between calculated optical absorption and recent experimental spectra, and we demonstrate that the analysis of optical anisotropy can be used as an effective tool to extract information on valence states, which is usually very difficult to obtain otherwise.
Band structure and optical anisotropy in V-shaped and T-shaped semiconductor quantum wires / Goldoni, G.; Rossi, Fausto; Molinari, E.; Fasolino, A.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER. - ISSN 0163-1829. - 55:11(1997), pp. 7110-7123. [10.1103/PhysRevB.55.7110]
Band structure and optical anisotropy in V-shaped and T-shaped semiconductor quantum wires
ROSSI, FAUSTO;
1997
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We present a theoretical investigation of the electronic and optical properties of V- and T-shaped quantum wires. Valence-band mixing as well as realistic sample geometries are fully included through an accurate and efficient approach that is described here in detail. We investigate the resulting valence-band structure, which shows some significant peculiarities, such as an anomalously large spin splitting in the lowest heavy-hole subband of T-shaped wires. For both classes of wires we obtain good agreement between calculated optical absorption and recent experimental spectra, and we demonstrate that the analysis of optical anisotropy can be used as an effective tool to extract information on valence states, which is usually very difficult to obtain otherwise.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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