Atomistic Description of the Electronic Structure of T-Shaped Quantum Wires

Published

August 1, 2003

Author(s)

Javier Aizpurua, G C. Bryant, W Jaskolski

Abstract

We use an atomistic tight-binding theory to study arrays of T-shaped GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wires. An atomistic approach allows us to provide a theory of the electron and hole states in T-shaped wires without the approximations that limit the effective mass models. We calculate the band structure of electron and holes in periodic T-wire arrays and in arm wells and compare with the results of effective mass theory. We determine the dispersion of single states along different directions for a T-wire array and compare energies for arm-well and T-wire states.

Citation

Microelectronics Journal

Volume

34

Issue

No. 5-8

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

low dimensional systems, quantum wires, semiconductor heterostructures, tight-binding

Citation

Aizpurua, J. , Bryant, G. and Jaskolski, W. (2003), Atomistic Description of the Electronic Structure of T-Shaped Quantum Wires, Microelectronics Journal (Accessed October 27, 2025)