Selfsimilar analysis of n-type delta-doped quasiregular GaAs quantum wells
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https://doi.org/10.21640/ns.v6i12.38Keywords:
Delta-doped QWs, density if states, Fibonacci, multilayers, fragmentationAbstract
We study the electronic structure of n-type delta-doped quantum wells in GaAs in which the multiple well system is built according to the Fibonacci sequence. The building blocks A and B correspond to delta-doped wells with impurities densities n2DA and n2DB, and the same well width. The Thomas-Fermi approximation, the semi-empirical sp3 s * tight-binding model including spin, the Surface Green Function Matching method and the Transfer Matrix approach were implemented to obtain the confining potential, the electronic structure and the selfsimilarity of the spectrum. The fragmentation of the electronic spectra is observed whenever the building blocks A and B interact and it increases as the difference of impurities density between A and B increases as well. The wave function of the first state of the fragmented bands presents critical characteristics, this is, it is not a localized state nor a extended one as well as it has selfsimilar features. So, the quasiregular characteristics are preserved irrespective of the complexity of the system and can affect the performance of devices based on these structuresDownloads
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