Theoretical investigation of excitonic gain in ZnO-MgxZn1-xO strained quantum wells

A. P. Abiyasa; Siu Fung Yu; W. J. Fan; Shu Ping Lau

doi:10.1109/JQE.2006.872318

Theoretical investigation of excitonic gain in ZnO-Mg_xZn_1-xO strained quantum wells

A. P. Abiyasa, Siu Fung Yu, W. J. Fan, Shu Ping Lau

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Abstract

Free-excitonic gain of wurtzite ZnO-MgxZn1-xO quantum wells (QWs) is studied theoretically. The valence band structure of ZnO-MgxZn1-xO QWs with the consideration of biaxial strain and exciton-phonon interaction is calculated based on a 6×6 Hamiltonian. From the available experimental data, the band offset ratio and conduction band deformation potential of ZnO-MgxZn1-xO QWs are found to be 60/40 and -6.8 eV, respectively. The influence of biaxial strain on the peak free-excitonic gain of ZnO-MgxZn1-xO QWs for various well-width and mole fraction of Mg is also investigated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	455-463
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Volume	42
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2006.872318
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Excitonic gain
Numerical modeling
Quantum wells (QWs)
Zinc oxide

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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