Excitons in coupled InAs/InP self-assembled quantum wires

Optical transitions in coupled InAs/InP self-assembled quantum wires are studied within the single-band effective-mass approximation including effects due to strain. Both vertically and horizontally coupled quantum wires are investigated and the ground state, excited states, and the photoluminescenc...

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Autores: Sidor, Y., Partoens, B., Peeters, F. M., Ben, Teresa, Ponce, Arturo, Molina, Sergio I., Sales, David L., Fuster, David, González Sotos, Luisa, González Díez, Yolanda
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/12273
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/12273
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Excitons
Indium compounds
III-V semiconductors
Semiconductor quantum wires
Ground states
Excited states
Photoluminescence
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Sumario:Optical transitions in coupled InAs/InP self-assembled quantum wires are studied within the single-band effective-mass approximation including effects due to strain. Both vertically and horizontally coupled quantum wires are investigated and the ground state, excited states, and the photoluminescence peak energies are calculated. Where possible, we compare with available photoluminescence data from which it was possible to determine the height of the quantum wires. An anticrossing of the energy of excited states is found for vertically coupled wires signaling a change of symmetry of the exciton wave function. This crossing is the signature of two different coupling regimes.