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Addition Spectra of Quantum Dots: the Role of Dielectric Mismatch

2000; American Chemical Society; Volume: 104; Issue: 15 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/jp0000026

ISSN

1520-6106

Autores

Alberto Franceschetti, Andrew Williamson, Alex Zunger,

Tópico(s)

Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices

Resumo

Using atomistic pseudopotential wave functions, we calculate the electron and hole addition energies and the quasi-particle gap of InAs quantum dots. We find that the addition energies and the quasi-particle gap depend strongly on the dielectric constant εout of the surrounding material, and that when εout is much smaller than the dielectric constant of the dot the electron−electron and hole−hole interactions are dominated by surface polarization effects. We predict the addition energies and the quasi-particle gap as a function of size and εout, and compare our results with recent single-dot tunneling spectroscopy experiments.

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