Research Article

Theoretical Study of Excitonic Complexes in GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Dots Grown by Filling of Nanoholes

Table 1

Numerical values of the input parameters of the Al0.36Ga0.44As barrier layer used in our calculations.

ElectronHeavy hole

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mw and mb are the effective masses, respectively, in the quantum well material (GaAs) and in the barrier material (AlGaAs) given in free electron mass unit (me) and the offset of the conduction (valence) band Ve(h). The energy band gap of GaAs at low temperature is (GaAs) = 1519 meV.