Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2005-03-10
Phys. Rev. B 71, 205316 (2005)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
PRB - in print
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.71.205316
We study the Stark effect for an exciton confined in a pair of vertically coupled quantum dots. A single-band approximation for the hole and a parabolic lateral confinement potential are adopted which allows for the separation of the lateral center-of-mass motion and consequently for an exact numerical solution of the Schr\"odinger equation. We show that for intermediate tunnel coupling the external electric field leads to the dissociation of the exciton via an avoided crossing of bright and dark exciton energy levels which results in an atypical form of the Stark shift. The electric-field-induced dissociation of the negative trion is studied using the approximation of frozen lateral degrees of freedom. It is shown that in a symmetric system of coupled dots the trion is more stable against dissociation than the exciton. For an asymmetric system of coupled dots the trion dissociation is accompanied by a positive curvature of the recombination energy line as a function of the electric field.
Adamowski Janusz
Bednarek S.
Chwiej T.
Partoens Bart
Peeters François M.
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