Anomalous Quantum-Confined Stark Effects in StackedInAs/GaAsSelf-Assembled Quantum Dots

Abstract
Vertically stacked and coupled InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots (SADs) are predicted to exhibit strong hole localization even with vanishing separation between the dots, and a nonparabolic dependence of the interband transition energy on the electric field, which is not encountered in single SAD structures. Our study based on an eight-band strain-dependent k̇p Hamiltonian indicates that this anomalous quantum confined Stark effect is caused by the three-dimensional strain field distribution which influences drastically the hole states in the stacked SAD structures.
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