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Zero-phonon linewidth and phonon satellites in the optical absorption of nanowire-based quantum dots

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-08-22 v2

Abstract

The optical properties of quantum dots embedded in a catalytically grown semiconductor nanowire are studied theoretically. In comparison to dots in a bulk environment, the excitonic absorption is strongly modified by the one-dimensional character of the nanowire phonon spectrum. In addition to pronounced satellite peaks due to phonon-assisted absorption, we find a finite width of the zero-phonon line already in the lowest-order calculation.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0703067,
  title  = {Zero-phonon linewidth and phonon satellites in the optical absorption of nanowire-based quantum dots},
  author = {Greta Lindwall and Andreas Wacker and Carsten Weber and Andreas Knorr},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0703067},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

final version, to appear in Physical Review Letters (4 pages with 4 figures included, minor changes with respect to first version)