Spontaneous brightening of dark excitons in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots near a cleaved facet
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26620%2F17%3APU123563" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26620/17:PU123563 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.165304" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.165304</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.165304" target="_blank" >10.1103/PhysRevB.95.165304</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Spontaneous brightening of dark excitons in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots near a cleaved facet
Original language description
Dark excitons (DEs) confined in epitaxial quantum dots (QDs) are interesting because of their long lifetime compared to bright excitons (BEs). For the same reason they are usually difficult to access in optical experiments. Here we report on the observation of vertically polarized light emission from DEs confined in high-quality epitaxial GaAs/AlGaAs QDs located in proximity of a cleaved facet of the QD specimen. Calculations based on the eight-band k p method and configuration interaction allow us to attribute the brightening of the DE to the anisotropic strain present at the sample edge, which breaks the symmetry of the system and enhances valence-band mixing. The mechanism of DE brightening is discussed in detail by inspecting both the Bloch and envelope wave functions of the involved hole states. In addition, by investigating experimentally and theoretically QDs with different sizes, we find that the energy separation between DE and BEs tends to decrease with increasing QD height. Finally, the presence of a cleaved facet is found also to enhance the BE fine structure splitting. This work provides a simple method to optically probe dark excitonic states in QDs and shows that the properties of QDs can be significantly affected by the presence of nearby edges.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10302 - Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LQ1601" target="_blank" >LQ1601: CEITEC 2020</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
ISSN
0163-1829
e-ISSN
1550-235X
Volume of the periodical
95
Issue of the periodical within the volume
16
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
1-8
UT code for WoS article
000400137000004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85018244938