Electron–optical-phonon interaction effect on the intradonor transition energies in doped GaAsAlxGa1xAs quantum wells

Francisco A. P. Osório, Marcelo Z. Maialle, and Oscar Hipólito
Phys. Rev. B 57, 1644 – Published 15 January 1998
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Abstract

We report a calculation of 1s2p+ transition energies of a donor impurity magnetopolaron located in GaAs quantum wells in the presence of an external magnetic field. The impurity levels are obtained through a variational method by choosing a Gaussian trial wave function with only one variational parameter. Our theoretical results can account for the experimental data for the center-donor system when the approximation of a single well is used. We also found no evidence for the presence of electron–nonbulk-phonon interaction needed to understand this problem.

  • Received 26 August 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.57.1644

©1998 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Francisco A. P. Osório

  • Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Caixa Postal 131, 74001-970, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
  • Departamento de Matemática e Física, Universidade Católica de Goiás, 74.605-220, Goiânia, GO, Brazil

Marcelo Z. Maialle

  • Departamento de Física Geral e Aplicada, Universidade São Francisco, 13251-900, Itatiba, São Paulo, Brazil

Oscar Hipólito

  • Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 369, 13560-970, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

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Vol. 57, Iss. 3 — 15 January 1998

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