Effects of size and shape on electronic states of quantum dots

• Main Authors: Ngo, C., Yoon, S., Chua, S., Fan, Weijun
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81407; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17981
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A strained-modified, single-band, constant-potential three-dimensional model is formulated to study the dependence of electronic states of InAs/GaAs quantum dots QDs on shape and size variation. The QD shapes considered are i cuboid, ii cylindrical, iii pyramidal, iv conical, and v len...