Electronic structure and g factors of narrow-gap zinc-blende nanowires and nanorods

X. W. Zhang (), Y. H. Zhu and J. B. Xia

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2006, vol. 52, issue 1, 133-142

Abstract: The Hamiltonian in the framework of eight-band effective-mass approximation of the zinc-blende nanowires and nanorods in the presence of external homogeneous magnetic field is given in the cylindrical coordinate. The electronic structure, optical properties, magnetic energy levels, and g factors of the nanowires and nanorods are calculated. It is found that the electron states consist of many hole-state components, due to the coupling of the conduction band and valence band. For the normal bands which are monotone functions of |k z |, long nanorods can be modeled by the nanowires, the energy levels of the nanorods approximately equal the values of the energy band E(k z ) of the nanowires with the same radius at a special k z , where k z is the wave vector in the wire direction. Due to the coupling of the states, some of the hole energy bands of the nanowires have their highest points at k z ≠0. Especially, the highest hole state of the InSb nanowires is not at the k z =0 point. It is an indirect band gap. For these abnormal bands, nanorods can not be modeled by the nanowires. The energy levels of the nanorods show an interesting plait-like pattern. The linear polarization factor is zero, when the aspect ratio L/2R is smaller than 1, and increases as the length increases. The g z and g x factors as functions of the k z , radius R and length L are calculated for the wires and rods, respectively. For the wires, the g z of the electron ground state increases, and the g z of the hole ground state decreases first, then increases with the k z increasing. For the rods, the g z and g x of the electron ground state decrease as the R or the L increases. The g x of the hole ground state decreases, the g z of the hole ground state increases with the L increasing. The variation of the g z of the wires with the k z is in agreement with the variation of the g z of the rods with the L. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2006

Keywords: 73.21.La Quantum dots; 73.21.Hb Quantum wires; 75.75.+a Magnetic properties of nanostructures; 78.67.Hc Quantum dots (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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