The binding energy and effective mass of a polaron confined in a GaAs film deposited on an AlGal-xAs substrate are investigated, for different film thickness values and aluminum concentra- tions and within the framewo...The binding energy and effective mass of a polaron confined in a GaAs film deposited on an AlGal-xAs substrate are investigated, for different film thickness values and aluminum concentra- tions and within the framework of the fractional-dimensional space approach. Using this scheme, we propose a new method to define the effective length of the quantum confinement. The limita- tions of the definition of the original effective well width are discussed, and the binding energy and effective mass of a polaron confined in a GaAs film are obtained. The fl-actional-dimensional theo- retical results are shown to be in good agreement with previous, more detailed calculations based on second-order perturbation theory.展开更多
文摘The binding energy and effective mass of a polaron confined in a GaAs film deposited on an AlGal-xAs substrate are investigated, for different film thickness values and aluminum concentra- tions and within the framework of the fractional-dimensional space approach. Using this scheme, we propose a new method to define the effective length of the quantum confinement. The limita- tions of the definition of the original effective well width are discussed, and the binding energy and effective mass of a polaron confined in a GaAs film are obtained. The fl-actional-dimensional theo- retical results are shown to be in good agreement with previous, more detailed calculations based on second-order perturbation theory.