Absorption spectra and optical transitions in InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots
- 15 August 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 56 (7) , 4047-4050
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.56.4047
Abstract
We have applied the multiband effective mass/valence force field method to the calculation of optical transitions and absorption spectra in InAs/GaAs self-organized dots of different sizes. We have found that the apparently conflicting assignments of luminescence features to optical transitions in different experiments are in fact entirely compatible with each other. Whether the optical signature of a dot is constructed from transitions between states of the same quantum numbers, or via additional processes between the ground conduction state and a low-lying valence state depends on the aspect ratio of the quantum dot radius and height. The states involved can be predicted from a simple particle in a rigid rectangular box model.Keywords
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