Electronic and optical properties of CdSe/ZnSe core/shell QDs within centered hydrogenic impurity and their tunability when subjected to an external electric field

Abstract

The electronic and optical properties of CdSe/ZnSe semiconductor core/shell quantum dots with hydrogenic donor impurity were investigated theoretically. The perturbation approach and variational method were used in calculations under Effective Mass Approximation. The considered structure is embedded in a variable polymer matrix. The binding energy (BE), photoionization cross-section, polarizability, and diamagnetic susceptibility of the excited impurity were calculated first according to the core/shell radius ratio and then under a significant external electric field and in the absence of an external electric field. A significant stark shift was observed in the BE relative to the embedded matrix element.