Maximal symetrization and reduction of fields: application to wavefunctions in solid state nanostructures

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2009-08-26

arxiv.org/abs/0908.3846v3

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

33 pages, 13 figures, Many small changes in equations, which use more standard conventions in the passive point of view, and c

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A novel general formalism for the maximal symetrization and reduction of fields (MSRF) is proposed and applied to wavefunctions in solid state nanostructures. Its primary target is to provide an essential tool for the study and analysis of the electronic and optical properties of semiconductor quantum heterostructures with relatively high point-group symmetry, and studied with the $k\cdot p$ formalism. Nevertheless the approach is valid in a much larger framework than $k\cdot p$ theory, it is applicable to arbitrary systems of coupled partial differential equations (e.g. strain equations or Maxwell equations). For spinless problems (scalar equations), one can use a systematic Spatial Domain Reduction (SDR) technique which allows, for every irreducible representation, to reduce the set of equations on a minimal domain with automatic incorporation of the boundary conditions at the border, which are shown to be non-trivial in general. For a vectorial or spinorial set of functions, the SDR technique must be completed by the use of an optimal basis in vectorial or spinorial space (in a crystal we call it the Optimal Bloch function Basis - OBB). The advantages are numerous: sharper insights on the symmetry properties of every eigenstate, minimal coupling schemes, analytically and computationally exploitable at the component function level, minimal computing domains. The formalism can be applied also as a postprocessing operation, offering all subsequent analytical and computationnal advantages of symmetrization. The specific case of a quantum wire (QWRs) with $C_{3v}$ point group symmetry is used as a concrete illustration of the application of MSRF.

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