Tuning the binding energy of surface impurities in cylindrical GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots by a tilted magnetic field

2012 ◽  
Vol 112 (6) ◽  
pp. 064326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaiping Zeng ◽  
Christos S. Garoufalis ◽  
Sotirios Baskoutas ◽  
Andreas F. Terzis
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Binding Energy ◽  
Tilted Magnetic Field

THE EFFECT OF POSITION DEPENDENT EFFECTIVE MASS OF HYDROGENIC IMPURITIES IN PARABOLIC GaAs/GaAlAs QUANTUM DOTS IN A STRONG MAGNETIC FIELD

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (26) ◽  
pp. 5109-5118 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. JOHN PETER
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Binding Energy ◽  
Effective Mass ◽  
Bound States ◽  
Mass Approximation ◽  
Infinite Case ◽  
Dependent Mass ◽  
The Magnetic Field ◽  
Peak Value

The binding energy of shallow hydrogenic impurities in parabolic GaAs/GaAlAs quantum dots is calculated as a function of dot radius in the influence of magnetic field. The binding energy has been calculated following a variational procedure within the effective-mass approximation. Calculations are presented with constant effective-mass and position dependent effective masses. A finite confining potential well with depth is determined by the discontinuity of the band gap in the quantum dot and the cladding. The results show that the impurity binding energy (i) increases as the dot radius decreases for the infinite case, (ii) reaches a peak value around 1R* as the dot radius decreases and then diminishes to a limiting value corresponding to the radius for which there are no bound states in the well for the infinite case, and (iii) increases with the magnetic field. Also it is found that (i) the use of constant effective mass (0.067 m0) is justified for dot sizes ≥ a* where a* is the effective Bohr radius which is about 100 Å for GaAs , in the estimation of ionization energy and (ii) the binding energy shows complicated behavior when the position dependent mass is included for the dot size ≤ a*. These results are compared with the available existing literatures.

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