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T1 - Exciton confinement in InAs/InP quantum wires and quantum wells in the presence of a magnetic field.
AU - Sidor, Yosyp
AU - Partoens, Bart
AU - Peeters, Francois M.
AU - Maes, Jochen
AU - Hayne, M.
AU - Fuster, Daniel
AU - Gonzalez, Yolanda
AU - Gonzalez, Luisa
AU - Moshchalkov, Victor V.
PY - 2007/11/19
Y1 - 2007/11/19
N2 - The charge confinement in InAs/InP based quantum wells and self-assembled quantum wires is investigated theoretically and experimentally through the study of the exciton diamagnetic shift. The numerical calculations are performed within the single-band effective mass approximation, including band nonparabolicity and strain effects. The exciton diamagnetic shift is obtained for quantum wires and quantum wells incorporating local width fluctuations, as well as the electron-hole Coulomb interaction energy. Both electrons and holes (but to a lesser extent) show a substantial penetration into the InP barrier. A detailed comparison is made between the theoretical and experimental data on the magnetic field dependence of the exciton diamagnetic shift. Our theoretical analysis shows that excitons in the InAs/InP quantum well are trapped by local well width fluctuations.
AB - The charge confinement in InAs/InP based quantum wells and self-assembled quantum wires is investigated theoretically and experimentally through the study of the exciton diamagnetic shift. The numerical calculations are performed within the single-band effective mass approximation, including band nonparabolicity and strain effects. The exciton diamagnetic shift is obtained for quantum wires and quantum wells incorporating local width fluctuations, as well as the electron-hole Coulomb interaction energy. Both electrons and holes (but to a lesser extent) show a substantial penetration into the InP barrier. A detailed comparison is made between the theoretical and experimental data on the magnetic field dependence of the exciton diamagnetic shift. Our theoretical analysis shows that excitons in the InAs/InP quantum well are trapped by local well width fluctuations.
KW - diamagnetism
KW - effective mass
KW - excitons
KW - III-V semiconductors
KW - indium compounds
KW - photoluminescence
KW - self-assembly
KW - semiconductor quantum wells
KW - semiconductor quantum wires
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.195320
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.195320
M3 - Journal article
VL - 76
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Physical review B
JF - Physical review B
SN - 1550-235X
IS - 195320
ER -