Abstract
The splitting between the and the polarized spectral lines that arise from the ground-state transitions of As quantum dots has been investigated by photoluminescence studies in magnetic fields up to B=8 T. We find that the difference in energy between these two lines increases drastically with decreasing dot diameter. This increase is attributed to the enhancement of the g factor of the hole ground state with zero angular momentum, which obtains admixtures of hole states with nonzero orbital angular momenta. The admixtures originate from the strong spin-orbit interaction in the valence band that is increased by the spatial confinement.
- Received 24 July 1995
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.52.R11623
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