Modeling electronic and optical properties of Ⅲ–Ⅴ quantum dots—selected recent developments

Alexander Mittelstädt; Andrei Schliwa; Petr Klenovský

doi:10.1038/s41377-021-00700-9

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- Modeling electronic and optical properties of Ⅲ–Ⅴ quantum dots—selected recent developments
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 11, Issue 1, Pages: 13-26(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Institute for Solid State Physics, Technical University of Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
  2.Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 267/2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic
  3.Czech Metrology Institute, Okružní 31, 63800 Brno, Czech Republic
- Author bio：
  
  Andrei Schliwa (andrei.schliwa@tu-berlin.de)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-021-00700-9
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- Published：31 January 2022，
  
  Published Online：17 January 2022，
  
  Received：06 April 2021，
  
  Revised：05 November 2021，
  
  Accepted：16 December 2021
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Mittelstädt, A., Schliwa, A. & Klenovský, P. Modeling electronic and optical properties of Ⅲ–Ⅴ quantum dots—selected recent developments. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 13-26 (2022).
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Mittelstädt, A., Schliwa, A. & Klenovský, P. Modeling electronic and optical properties of Ⅲ–Ⅴ quantum dots—selected recent developments. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 13-26 (2022). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-021-00700-9.

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Electronic properties of selected quantum dot (QD) systems are surveyed based on the multi-band

k·p

method

which we benchmark by direct comparison to the empirical tight-binding algorithm

and we also discuss the newly developed "linear combination of quantum dot orbitals" method. Furthermore

we focus on two major complexes: First

the role of antimony incorporation in InGaAs/GaAs submonolayer QDs and In

1−

/GaP QDs

and second

the theory of QD-based quantum cascade lasers and the related prospect of room temperature lasing.

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