Intermediate Band Formation and Intraband Absorption for Electrons in an Inhomogeneous Chain of Quantum Dots

• Authors: I. Bragar , P. Machnikowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We study the electron states of a chain of non-identical, vertically stacked quantum dots. We discuss how the pseudo-band formed of the ground states confined in the quantum dots disintegrates upon increasing the inhomogeneity of the electron energies and analyze the impact of localization on the intraband absorption from the pseudo-band to extended (bulk) states. We describe also the dependence of the intraband absorption spectrum on the quantum dot size.

Keywords

EN

73.21.La; 78.67.Hc; 78.30.Fs

Discipline

• 78.67.Hc: Quantum dots
• 73.21.La: Quantum dots
• 78.30.Fs: III-V and II-VI semiconductors

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 120
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 862-864

Dates

published

2011-11

Contributors

author

I. Bragar

• Institute of Physics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

author

P. Machnikowski

• Institute of Physics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.120.862