Nonlinear optical properties of semiconductor quantum wires
Nonlinear optical properties of semiconductor quantum wires
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半导体量子线的非线性光学特性
DOI:
10.1117/12.308634
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发表时间:
1998
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通讯作者:
E. Zhukov
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作者:
V. Dneprovskii;E. Zhukov
Nonlinear optical absorption at discrete frequencies has been observed in semiconductor quantum wires crystallized in transparent dielectric matrix (inside chrysotile asbestos nanotubes). The induced changes of absorption in quantum wires have been explained by phase space filling, quantum- confined Stark effect and screening of excitons; filling of the size-quantized energy bands with nonequilibrium carriers (dynamic Burstein-Moss effect); renormalization of the 1D energy bands at high density of the induced plasma. The measured values of exciton binding energies are much greater than that of the corresponding bulk semiconductors. The increase of the exciton binding energy may be attributed not only to the quantum confinement but also to the `dielectric confinement'--to the increase of electron-hole attraction because of the difference in dielectric constants of semiconductor nanowires and dielectric matrix.