Donor impurity-related linear and nonlinear optical absorption coefficients in GaAs/Ga(1-x)A(x)As concentric double quantum rings: Effects of geometry, hydrostatic pressure, and aluminum concentration

作者：Baghramyan H M; Barseghyan M G; Kirakosyan A A; Restrepo R L; Mora Ramos M E; Duque C A^*

来源：Journal of Luminescence, 2014, 145: 676-683.

DOI：10.1016/j.jlumin.2013.08.061

• Quantum rings
• Hydrostatic pressure
• Nonlinear optics

The linear and nonlinear optical absorption associated with the transition between Is and 2s states corresponding to the electron-donor-impurity complex in GaAs/Ga1-xAlxAs three-dimensional concentric double quantum rings are investigated. Taking into account the combined effects of hydrostatic pressure and the variation of the aluminum concentration, the energies of the ground and first excited s-like states of a donor impurity in such a system have been calculated using the effective mass approximation and a variational method. The energies of these states and the corresponding threshold energy of the optical transitions are examined as functions of hydrostatic pressure, aluminum concentration, radial impurity position, as well as the geometrical dimensions of the structure. The dependencies of the linear, nonlinear and total optical absorption coefficients as functions of the incident photon energy are investigated for different values of those mentioned parameters. It is found that the influences mentioned above lead to either redshifts or blueshifts of the resonant peaks of the optical absorption spectrum. It is particularly discussed the unusual property exhibited by the third-order nonlinear of becoming positive for photon energies below the resonant transition one. It is shown that this phenomenon is associated with the particular features of the system under study, which determine the values of the electric dipole moment matrix elements.

• 出版日期2014-1