Research Article

The Effects of Interdot Spacing and Dot Size on the Performance of InGaAs/GaAs QDIBSC

Table 1

Values of different parameters [15].

ParametersValues
GaAsIn0.53Ga0.47As

Bandgap (eV)1.420.75
Electron effective mass (m0)0.0670.0452
Permittivity (F/cm)13.214.2
Electron affinity (eV)4.074.13
Density of states in conduction band (cm−3)4.35 × 10171.15 × 1017
Density of states in valence band (cm−3)8.16 × 10188.12 × 1018
Electron/hole lifetime (ns)1