Impurity related optical properties in tuned quantum dot/ring systems

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we explore the linear, third-order nonlinear, and total optical absorption coefficient (OAC) and refractive index change coefficient (RICC) of a GaAs doped quantum dot/quantum ring (QD/QR) with parabolic-inverse squared potential in conjunction with modified Gaussian confinement and taking into account the presence of on-centre shallow donor and or acceptor impurity. Calculations are done via the compact density matrix formalism and the iterative method. The two-dimensional parabolic QD/QR is subjected to uniform magnetic field oriented perpendicularly to the plane of the structure. The energy levels and wave function are derived within the framework of effective-mass and parabolic band approximation. The results exhibit that the OACs and RICC are clearly affected by different parameters of the applied confinement, strength of magnetic field, and the presence of impurity. The variation of confinement potential, nature of impurity, dot radius, cyclotron frequency of the parabolic confinement potential, and geometric parameter of the on-centre repulsive potential lead to either a red-shift or a blue-shift of the resonant peaks of the OACs and of the maximum and minimum of the RICC together with significant variations of the magnitudes of these resonant structures.

KEYWORDS:

• Quantum dot
• quantum ring
• parabolic potential
• donor/acceptor impurity
• optical properties
• binding energy

Acknowledgments

The author M. G. thank DST-FIST (Govt. of India) and UGC-SAP (Govt. of India) for support. C. A. Duque is grateful to the Colombian Agencies: CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia and projects ‘Propiedades magneto-ópticas y óptica no lineal en superredes de Grafeno’ and ‘Estudio de propiedades ópticas en sistemas semiconductores de dimensiones nanoscópicas’) and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD-exclusive dedication project 2018-2019). C. A. Duque also acknowledges the financial support from EL PATRIMONIO AUTÓNOMO FONDO NACIONAL DE FINANCIAMIENTO PARA LA CIENCIA, LA TECNOLOGÍA Y LA INNOVACIÓN FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS (project 80740-173-2019).

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.