Tuesday, March 20, 2012

1203.3855 (Muhammad Usman et al.)

Polarization Response in InAs Quantum Dots: Theoretical Correlation
between Composition and Electronic Properties
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Muhammad Usman, Vittorianna Tasco, Maria Teresa Todaro, Milena De Giorgi, Eoin P. O'Reilly, Gerhard Klimeck, Adriana Passaseo
III-V growth and surface conditions strongly influence the physical structure and resulting optical properties of self-assembled quantum dots (QDs). Beyond the design of a desired active optical wavelength, the polarization response of QDs is of particular interest for optical communications and quantum information science. Previous theoretical studies based on a pure InAs QD model failed to reproduce experimentally observed polarization properties. In this work, multi-million atom simulations are performed to understand the correlation between chemical composition and polarization properties of QDs. A systematic analysis of QD structural parameters leads us to propose a two layer composition model, mimicking In segregation and In-Ga intermixing effects. This model, consistent with mostly accepted compositional findings, allows to accurately fit the experimental PL spectra. The detailed study of QD morphology parameters presented here serves as a tool for using growth dynamics to engineer the strain field inside and around the QD structures, allowing tuning of the polarization response.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.3855

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