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111:Title: Ahmed S; Usman M; Heitzinger C; Rahman R; Schliwa A; Klimeck G, 2007, 'Symmetry breaking and fine structure splitting in zincblende quantum dots: Atomistic simulations of long-range strain and piezoelectric field', in AIP Conference Proceedings, pp. 849 - 850Year : 2007
Publication Type: Conference Proceeding
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Abstract
Electrons and holes captured in self‐assembled quantum dots (QDs) are subject to symmetry breaking that cannot be represented in with continuum material representations. Atomistic calculations reveal symmetry lowering due to effects of strain and piezo‐electric fields. These effects are fundamentally based on the crystal topology in the quantum dots. This work studies these two competing effects and demonstrates the fine structure splitting that has been demonstrated experimentally can be attributed to the underlying atomistic structure of the quantum dots.
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